2 videodiscs (approx 144 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
System Information
DVD format.
Note
Title from container.
Summary
This DVD contains four brilliantly made industrial propaganda films produced by The Ford Motor Company used to promote the continued growth of the automobile industry. Packed full of footage of automobile manufacturing plants and workers in action these films bring the history of auto making back to life. Topics Include:Auto Manufacturing & Efficiency, American Auto Industry & The Economy, Auto Industry Growth, Henry Ford & The Ford Model T
Contents
Disc 1: America on Wheels (1920s) -- The triumph of America (1933) -- Tough friends (1938) -- Auto-Lite on parade (1940) -- Disc 2 The human bridge (1949) -- Highland Park Ford manufacturing plant (1920s) -- The harvest of the years (1930s) -- Henry Ford's mirror of America (1962)
Local Note
To request access to a digitized version of this resource, please contact reproductions@sciencehistory.org.
