Fascinating 1936 Footage of Car Assembly Line

[@966Mako]

As a 26 year cameraman, this piece was shot brilliantly. These guys were hard workers, but the cameraman was an artist for his time.

[@30twodor]

My thoughts too. It was shot with compassion and love of the camera and what it could see. Guess we're the only two who appreciated the talent displayed here. Thanks for bringing it up.

[@boldorboy08]

Exactly. Looks like some scenes from Metropolis. Especially those presses! Great work.

[@robc8468]

I agree the filmography created a surreal feeling of that plant and it's walking beam style automation. I don't now if that is original background music but it also is a perfect choice for this film.

[@andylake7202]

Exactly what I thought - Metropolis! Great camera work.

[@timothyball3144]

I'm not a cameraman and I thought it was shot beautifully.

[@juancarlosholguin2140]

I am a proud american citizen born and raised in South America, my elementary school was founded by a lady from Main USA, her name was Mrs. Elizabeth Mastaller; my father worked for Atlantic & Pacific ( A&P ), his boss was Mr. Willmont Rector...all these people transform our lives and help us immensely. We lived in a very poor area of the city and we received milk donated by CARE US organization ( all this back in the 60's )... the true exemplary attitude of those North American , created the idea to come and live here in the US.... after seeing this video, those people that help me when I was a boy, had the same attitude of those men in the video....today I only see foreign individuals and companies trying to suck the soul and money from the our citizen... the pride and quality is not there anymore...God bless the people who work with conviction to maintain this still the greatest country ! let's all be one of those people ...

[@lastmanstanding2622]

I am amazed over the level of automation they had some 80 plus years ago.

[@lovejago]

it kinda looks like todays Factory's

[@haroldfitz5146]

Lastman Standing - My thoughts exactly. It hadn't been that many years that cars even existed. What an amazing country the United States is

[@ottohesslein3230]

I'd like to show this to all the white haters and man haters who keep talking shit, to remind them of what it is that we've accomplished for the world SO FAR.

[@RavenJCain]

another 80 years and some will be convinced it could not have been done without the help of aliens.

[@lastmanstanding2622]

Roland, you bring up a good point.

[@kenzpenz]

I was born in 1938. I wasn't even on the planet yet, and these great men were working hard and producing cars that are still in demand today. Sadly all the great men are gone, but the results of their hard work remain. Bless them all.

[@lovejago]

well we arnt all gone!!! lol

[@chriscook2036]

Great comment Kenneth, but don't forget Rosie the Riviter.

[@kenzpenz]

Oh yeah...Rosie the Riviter....brrrrrp, love those old songs, well in my lifetime. :-) .

[@dougbaker2740]

Kenneth Bartlett I don't see a ton of BS safety garb, tethers and guards or gloves. These men had their heads on straight and knew what was good for them. The greatest generation ruled 🤠

[@deeremeyer1749]

You're a fucking idiot if you think all the "great men" are gone after living that long.

[@knarfggor]

I use to work with my father at Chelar Tool & Die Co. in Belleville, il. years ago. I operated those massive Hydrotel machines that milled the dies to form shapes similar to the fenders on these vehicles. The machinists also created the massive dies to cut the heavy sheet metal on those presses. I can really appreciate the work that goes into creating these vehicles.

[@randymagnum143]

Pratt & Whitney 3d copying machines were called Kellering machines. Last we used them was around 97.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Boeing Portland had its share of Hydrotel machines in “mills”, which is one area I worked ~ 30 years ago.

[@ronaldchappell3046]

Just to build the machine to build the car was a undertaking.

[@kbanghart]

​@@ronaldchappell3046 so much material used and rusted

[@Pontiacman1964]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing! Most of my father's family worked at Pontiac Motors in Pontiac. Just out of high school, you could get a job, buy a house, get married, raise a family, put your kids through college, and retire... from the same job. It's sad that all this came to an end.

[@arta.5242]

That's what happens when you vote Republican. You vote to destroy unions which protected workers and won them decent wages than enabled them to provide for their families on a single paycheck. People need to wake up and stop voting against their interests.

[@bigstuff52]

ArtA...Trouble is that Dems are almost as corrupt as Repub..

[@brosefmcman8264]

Democratic party president Bill Clinton sent all these jobs to Mexico and China when he signed NAFTA.

[@brosefmcman8264]

Johnny we did. Trump!!

[@bigstuff52]

@@take942 ..yes indeed...

[@chrisneilson7221]

What's even more amazing, considering the time period, was that they re-tooled every year for a different body style and equipment.

[@PU8698]

I loved it when they made a new body style every year back in the days. Now they just keep the same one for years and do stuff like face lifts and add other unnecessary stuff

[@1984xlx]

The engineering that goes into all that automation is more amazing than the engineering that goes into the cars!

[@Vet-7174]

It's unbelievable!!,,No Plastic,,and Made in the USA

[@kbanghart]

​@@Vet-7174 so much waste

[@kbanghart]

​@@PU8698 cars are better today

[@itruck96]

These men would cry if they knew what direction America is going today. I can't tell you how much I look up to the men in this video.

[@adriantomlin2902]

Agreed 💯!!

[@aflaz171]

Over it yet?

[@cengeb]

If they lived long enough after breathing that crap, or getting caught in all that dangerous dumb equipment, what a menace that place is

[@romanval69]

Those jobs look mind numbingly tedious for humans. No wonder they're done by robots today.

[@6opekaso221]

I'm impressed by the amount of automation in the 1930's!

[@1940limited]

Despite that those jobs are still skilled, or at least semi-skilled. Who would you get to do that kind of work today?

[@donaldgregg9250]

Like watching a perfectly orchestrated dance, the workers all moving in perfect unison, almost 90 years ago......amazing footage of what man can put together working as a team

[@grabbber]

Cant help but to think these guys built our country into something amazing, and now the politicians are destroying it.

[@WHEREISTHEREASON]

Blame the politicians all you like. The American people are more to blame than anyone. We elected the crooks and keep putting them back term after term. We are responsible for the abject moral decline of our society. And we, the people, are the ones who constantly look for someone else to blame for our own short-comings.

[@toddbob55]

i do agree the people are to blame, Hillary Clinton is trying to get illegals to vote her in...our country is so corrupt.

[@dbridger620]

Yeah, you knew that was coming. Of course it's all Hillary's fault. And I wouldn't be surprised if Obama journeyed back in time to that plant and threw a screw down inside the carburetor of one of the cars coming down the line.

[@tentringer4065]

Nothing to do with politicians; junk food, TV and cars are to blame. Americans got fat, lazy and complacent..It's the downfall of a lot of empires.

[@newstart49]

And what choices do we have If only corrupt politicians are running? Your analogy doesn't work. Even if we voted in a good one, the evil ones have taken over and nullify the good ones. Look at Trump- they fight him even when it means it is bad for the country.

[@UseitLoseit]

Amazing this was flimed 80 odd years back. I can see how hard they're working and I'm sure there were safety procedures in place, but it's amazing how close their heads are to the swinging beams that carry the parts. And how close they stand to the press-brakes, no guarding. I know it's a case of being experienced enough to know where and when to put your hand, but you never know!

[@leeengelsman1855]

Accidents did happen and your right there could and should have been more attention given to safety of machines.

[@dennisyoung4631]

Recall one evening at Boeing (very early nineties) where a workpiece on a horizontal mill got loose and the cutter broke. I knew the person running the machine, just like I did many of them. You haven’t lived, industrially speaking, until you’ve been chased by a broken part of a milling cutter the size of a corncob!

[@jamesmurphy1362]

This is amazing automation for the time! I didnt think they had things run so smoothly and sequenced.

[@kotjmf1968]

​Yes, big, bulky and complicated, they used relays to do what we do with processors today. Same basic principal but modernized.

[@tedgrubb1882]

Dennis Young j

[@tommygunss4576]

fantastic video, sad to think all these men are gone now, such pride in American craftsmanship.

[@stevecook180]

The camera footage is amazing, geeze it was 1936

[@garydunn3037]

Its fascinating to see how mechanised the car building assembly line was, even all those years ago.

[@ddd228]

Yes,but what a crappy and boring job!

[@ironcito1101]

@@ddd228 Yeah, not the best job, but someone had to do it. At least the guys could talk among themselves to pass the time, and it was a job that offered opportunities to advance, get promoted and such. I can think of worse jobs even today.

[@desdicado999]

back in the day when people took pride in manufacturing now the bean counters run the show and they build things to break down .Thanks for the film

[@MrShobar]

+Felix Bloxham There was a sit-down strike at many GM plants in 1936-37, including Flint. So much for "taking pride". In reality, they were probably driven like animals.

[@desdicado999]

yes i can see that by the expressions on their faces.But you could be right 35 cents an hour was not much to write home about ,especially when the manufacturers were making millions

[@rayford21]

I don't think the majority of those cars survived beyond 90k miles. The materials and technologies we use today didn't exist back then. But it is correct to say more attention to detail was practiced by the employees back then. The more the wages went up, the more bean counters were hired to cut costs and keep prices in check.

[@flight2k5]

Yea that's not true

[@mrd.6594]

+Felix Bloxham You got that right...the only thing they cared about was the money money money

[@ernestjones3842]

Great photography, I am the proud owner of a fully restored 1936 Chevy 5 Window Coupe.

[@cengeb]

Why? It's called SCRAP metal ya know...

[@patrickosborne9766]

@@cengeb like your mom. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@albarry4333]

Less than 10 years later, these same workers would build the tanks and weapons that won WW2.

[@mountainliving514]

I am sure we can count on modern men to do the same, should the time come . (lol)

[@richsackett3423]

​@@mountainliving514 Now it's modern AGs defending our country from the domestic fascists who tried to overthrown our government. False machismo is what tripped up most of those traitors. Those "real men" are going to real prison.

[@tommyguns9008]

The women took over. The workers you see here enlisted.

[@BIG_AL_ONE]

This video is magnificent. A sad reminder of how great things really were back then.

[@kbanghart]

Haha

[@idonttrustbarry2629]

almost hard to believe it's real, looks like scenes from metropolis

[@Blahbevava]

+I Dont Trust Barry I was thinking the exact same thing.

[@jeffkeeley4594]

My first thought!

[@Stevie671]

The music gives it an ethereal feeling.Alien robots at work , seems almost unsettling.

[@russellking9762]

for some reason this takes me to war of the worlds

[@ramblerclassic400]

The assembly line machinery was more sophisticated than the cars it assembled.

[@thephilpott2194]

Indeed. It's an interesting video. At that time the manufacturers were just moving away from aluminium and wood, towards steel pressings and pre-fabricated sections. Then came the monocoque concept with bonded subframes and it all went downhill..

[@roshanmanilal5315]

You are absolutely right. I was amazed by the level of automation. Hats off to the engineers designing the machines.

[@rogersmith5167]

If you look at the computerised robots in a modern car factory and the technology involved the car is almost a byproduct

[@peterrick3339]

@@roshanmanilal5315 I find in this video and videos of today's cars being made (and manufacturing in general) the machinery and robots and the design of them more impressive than what they are making. The minds that conceive the manufacturing & assembly tools are incredible & i solute them.

[@stuartnochance]

Juden Arier growing up in the 60’s a car with 50,000 was considered ready for scrap. Now you wouldn’t buy anything without an expectation of 100,000 or more. Of course, most people still want the newest just for the “impression” of sophistication or affluence. So they don’t keep cars that long.

[@scottcornelius7441]

This was cool to watch. Thanks for posting.

[@chandlerh2]

I love this it is craftsmanship like this that is being abandoned in our society today. There is no more wood or metal shop in schools anymore . I have been a sheet metal worker for 32 years and i can fabricate anything out of metal. There have been a few apprentices that have come in the shop i show everything about the trade i can want to pass it on . But unfortunately 90 % of young workers who come in lack the necessary skills to do this trade .

[@peterrick3339]

Skills aside, as i think they can be taught what is required, how about the mental attitude for such work. Today's young worker from what i see have short attention spans, a poor work ethic, dislike repetition, have little desire to 'create' anything and spend more time avoiding doing things than doing them.

[@robertjackson7590]

I was in the mechanic field since a child, father, grandfather, uncle and cousins, all mechanics. They're all gone as I retire. There's no money in it. The last place I worked developed a 20 question test. We were lucky to find 3 answered correctly. This is why I don't care to start a company bc the employee pool available. Some old time mechanic shops in East Texas has work for the young guys but can't find the workers as well. My father was smart enough to get out of the field decades before he retired, to the real estate sell by owner. He retired with 16 properties worth 2.4 million if you sold all the notes. You won't get to that level WORKING for someone else in the mechanic field. There are better more profitable ways to make a living than the mechanic field, don't know about sheet metal fabrication. I could learn a lot from you myself.

[@davidcollis4758]

@@peterrick3339 You are exactly right Sir!

[@davidcollis4758]

@@robertjackson7590 I was a auto mechanic for 22 years. I didn't struggle but it was tough going sometimes. I work on Navy ships now and am making three times as much. I think for the most part people don't appreciate a good mechanic and think any jack ass can do the same thing for less. Then when the jackass screws up their car THEN they want to bring it to you. I say No Thanks and close the door in their face. Take care.

[@ianallen2]

Not one worker holding up the rest to check text messages or emails. No mobile phones back then to distract workers. lol. Everyone got on with their jobs.

[@richardpetker4337]

also no word "lol"

[@jeffreymcneal1507]

True, true, but Ford was draconian in his employment practices. Policy was to replace older workers with younger workers, and sales of black hair dye rose dramatically during hiring cycles. Workers not allowed to step away from their posts for any reasons, and restroom and meal breaks were quite limited. These men had an iron discipline to repeat the same task all the day long.

[@mike5162]

Also no unions no benefits no insurance or days off 12 hour work days no safety precautions lost fingers and limbs and live for a few dollars a day and one mistake and your fired. Ahhh the good old days.

[@jdaz5462]

All done without computers.

[@romanval69]

True, no modern computers (as we know it now)... but they used lots of mechanical automation.. Those welding, riveting, and assembly tracks were programmed to follow a sequence-- and the sequence had to be programmed somehow... since a mechanical computer is still a computer.

[@cantcurecancer]

Thanks Luddite.

[@bigstuff52]

Relay logic was used...Hundreds and hundreds of relays ...when you would walk by the relay boxes and the line was cycling you could here them all clicking like mad...

[@ThekiBoran]

gblueslover2 That's right, you cannot have prosperity without profit.

[@FOH3663]

john james You're right, mammoth cabinets of mechanical relays making and breaking, ... slapping those big contacts ... I can smell the arcing carbon buildup emanating from the cabinet now! Fortunately I've had the pleasure of working in numerous manufacturing environments representing everything from archaic, dark, dirty and dangerous refineries, foundrys, etc. All the way to the nicest modern, high-tech, spotless clean-room type spaces of pharmaceutical laboratories and mfg. One aspect of which I'm absolutely certain; That plant in the video would be deafeningly loud from the countless sources of high dB noise. All the processes, the compressed air and pneumatic actuation, the presses forming and shaping, the shearing of metal, welding and hammering, damn... it would've been relentless. I really enjoyed the vid ... good stuff for sure.

[@debbiegreen5963]

2:47 those were the good ole days where the welding robots needed quite a few human helpers

[@Kinseydsp]

Makes me proud of American craft mens ship back in the day! People worked did a great job and were proud of their work! And No computers! Thanks for this video!!

[@bergarteric5713]

Great men and beautiful mind and music : a master piece ...

[@richsackett3423]

Were you enjoying that music?

[@marcvivori1561]

One repetitive task hour after hour, day after day...I’d go insane by the end of the week.

[@Faeriewylde]

@@richsackett3423 yes! Any idea what it is?

[@richsackett3423]

@@Faeriewylde Sorry, I don't.

[@noway9369]

Absolutely perfect music with this clip.

[@gregorytrane7828]

I had to turn off that crazy music. The video was revealing. The work was dangerous, heavy and hard. The wages were good for that day and age but these workers earned every penny and then some. Those cars were built like tanks. Those men and workers like them were what helped make this nation a great country and it's great productive output helped win WWII. It also move us to the next generation of more technically advanced manufacturing with better safety standards, from the sacrifices that these men gave.

[@mark_r49]

Gregory Trane Cars were built like tanks because there was no worry about oil supplies, we went to the Middle East and took it.

[@fordprefect5778]

@@mark_r49 fake news

[@yolamontalvan9502]

Gregory Trane - That was when they used to elect real Presidents. It was a time when the office of the Presidency meant something, now it’s like a whore House.

[@jasonsprouse2803]

I did the job. Most were broken by the time they made it to retirement. I had a stress injury within a few weeks.

[@carmelpule6954]

It is mesmerising to say the least. To think that all that automation could be done with the principles of Levers, Gear wheels, profiled cams, rotating sources, simple relays, solenoids, timers, latch relays for memories, In 1950, there was little we could not do with a latch relay and a timer multiplied by any number of times to achieve a sequenced function. I can cry when I see a programmable micro-controller chip , doing so many more function . There is so much beauty , invisible and so silent that the public and many schools do not know about. Europe and America is going in for Social professions and I am afraid that the ingenuity of children is now lacking and what is more they are so clumsy in their logic and movements, It is the Industrial age that made the mind and the body less clumsy, I must admit that, art, superstitions and supernatural beliefs, witchcraft, traditions, fables and ghost stories ,they all assisted in the orgainization of the human mind to go from illogical concepts to engineering concepts which have produced a real modern world,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, and we are losing all this to China and India......... for humans tend to become lazy when they live in comfort.

[@bigstuff52]

+Carmel Pule' I can still hear the relays clicking away in the panel boxes and that was over 40 years ago. I started my electrical apprenticeship in this complex 44 years ago. Your thoughts on the de-industrialization of this country are correct IMO. The place where all this work was done is now a barren concrete pad . Things change over the years but the factories are torn down now. America doesn't have that many good paying jobs for the common man anymore. You have no choice but to try college and see if you can find a job after graduating . If you can't make it in college you're pretty much screwed.. Good luck to you-JJmedia.mlive.com/newsnow_impact/photo/10567961-large.jpg

[@romanval69]

+Carmel Pule' I'm not so sure... When I saw the video of the Tesla factory, it's actually amazing how much *hasn't* changed. It's still assembly line based; with lots of huge body stampings, riveting and welding machines, and the like. I still think this video is amazing though.. since just one generation prior to this video (around 1900-1910) most cars were practically hand-built.

[@Libertyjack1]

+john james Even if you make it in college, chances are, you're screwed.

[@bigstuff52]

you could be right Liberty...

[@rogeronslow1498]

Unfortunately you are 100% correct. It seems people rise to the occasion. The more difficult the circumstances the harder you work and the better you perform. People need to be under a bit of pressure to perdorm at their peak.

[@michaellawrence5492]

Amazing then and still amazing to see now the common person in team! The politicians on the other hand just keep getting worst!

[@sundial6919]

Ahhhh the days before abortion birth control Elvis and the Beatles

[@gwarlow]

Remove the (wealthy corporate) donor mechanism and lobbyists from the political system and things would improve almost immediately. Politicians are (were?) only human and subject to temptation (huge checks and money transfers to off-shore bank accounts for favors rendered) like the rest of us. Get money OUT of politics and the weak (greedy) participants will look elsewhere for immediate gratification. Just a thought.

[@richsackett3423]

@@gwarlow How do you propose to do that?

[@stevenfowler2504]

It was cool to see those cars in new condition. It's still fascinating how things were done back then.

[@munk469]

This video was mesmerizing. Like a symphony.

[@jourwalis-8875]

Robots were already in use in 1936. At least for welding. Fascinating!

[@bigstuff52]

Riveting...

[@Pimentel-Kreations]

Jourwalis - those where machines as everything was mechanical,no artificial inteligence wich is what robots are today. everything relied on tempo then

[@MrShobar]

Not robots. They are not programmable.

[@petereconomakis149]

Yes I also didn't realize that! No OSHA though and I wonder how many people were hurt as those worker were standing right in the middle of some serious moving machinery..

[@rooftopvoter3015]

Probably quite a few were hurt. You went to the company doctor with a shredded limb and he would certify you 'fit for duty.'

[@mechanicalmanny494]

What's destroying this country is called GREED

[@brosefmcman8264]

Corporate and political!

[@thomast8539]

I think that hubris is more damaging than greed. Not knowing something, pretending that you do and then trying to sell it to others it a lot worse than wanting to get all you can out of life.

[@robertbrandywine]

No, what's destroying it is pathological altruism.

[@stevefarris2990]

Socialism/globalism.

[@coachchris548]

The demoncrats have colluded in the murder of babies in the womb and if you vote for any demoncrats or liberals you also have colluded in the murder of babies in the womb

[@gregsmith7428]

They must've rotated jobs for these dudes. The monotony would've turned me into a zombie.

[@dufus2273]

not as bad as postal workers.

[@ambergrant2012]

They didn't rotate jobs until much later maybe into the mid 80's

[@cvcoco]

Aside from the fascinating, painful drudgery, I cant get over how they dreamed up the tooling and machinery to do this and it all works. Its beyond amazing.

[@RobertMCotter]

I've always thought that too. Before the car came the tooling, they had to build all that first.

[@gmurrayinc]

Awesome, Ididn't think they were so advanced back then, Great music to go alone with it.I'm going to watch it again.

[@stu7604]

What amazed me was that all of this equipment was mechanically controlled! Not one programmable logic circuit, no computers, no servos, etc. Also, the car was designed without CAD.... just drafting tables and slide rules!

[@romanval69]

There used a lot of electric relays; as relay logic is the precursor of all computers (and is still is how computers work today at a microscopic level). They're just not Turing-complete, so they can only be programmed/reprogrammed by manually rewiring the logic.

[@limppimento55]

No McMaster or Grainger catalog either.

[@Spawndukes]

what a spaced out trip I just had with that music and the old black and whit film. I would love to have and old car from the 30's. I would even paint it to look like it was in black and white in real life lol.

[@ardcguru8764]

Nobody sitting down reading a newspaper, no supervisor standing over them watching, no safety glasses, no guards on the machines......quality was high.

[@MA-xg2ne]

Right , how about 2:33 though. Those guys move to their left or right too much and their crushed. Hydraulics don't stop for flesh. And yet people knew better than to forget the surroundings. Stupidity wasn't allowed, survival of the best and brightest was standard.

[@markbeard518]

old school mate!

[@adriantomlin2902]

So was common damn sense!!

[@briandurning9211]

The algorithm finally got me here, but it was worth it! A great choice for the background music and whatever editing you had to do for this old piece of history.

[@H2R5GSXR]

I am stunned at the amount of automation in use at that time. Great insight.

[@wbwilhite]

Wow, that was amazing. Life was hard back then, but the technology was awesome. People did their best to survive and build a better life.

[@rlavery3607]

If you notice all these workers worked. No looking at their phones, texting the wife and kids all day about nothing. None of the workers had a weight problem probably due to the fact that they had to keep moving all day. No fast food, soda machines around every corner and when they got off from work they probably went bowling, played in a soft ball league etc. Our current workforce sits all day, plays on their smartphone while drinking a soda then when they get off work they work on their fantasy league. Progress will and is killing us! Would be nice to have these cars when you could tune them up from bumper to bumper and no damn check engine light. I was born about 30/40 years to late!

[@mountainman5025]

Cell phones were hard to come by back then...You needed a cord everywhere you went. The telephone operator would get really mad if you pulled too hard on the cord. Nobody could afford XBOX or anything.

[@SuperExcedrin]

@@zummo61 , and the 1st cars mass produced needed hand to regulate the engine timing/advance to accelerate........progress. My 1995 1st Dodge Ram went 156,00 with no repairs before I sold it, the 2005 I still have is at 236,000-still starts and runs like the day I bought it and needed a water pump @ 165,000, my 2016 is at 48,000, no problems. You sound like a millenial/recent gen who make it your lot in life is to piss on your ancestors achievements.......which was done without computers.

[@Camaroman0710]

Unions are what ruined generations from then to now. Everyone now thinks they are entitled to more money than they get. Our plant has a no phone policy so that isn't as much as an excuse than bad management policy. Entitlement and unions that push this I personally think is what ruined the system.

[@the_hate_inside1085]

Lots of workers on that factory where probably missing some digits.

[@vhdtim]

No. They probably went across the street to a bar had a couple beers 🍻 and then went home where their food was on the table already and the wife and kids were respectful and caring

[@Samsgarden]

Film productions was better in the 30’s than it was in the 70’s

[@pankblech]

Brilliant footage and music. Thank you for sharing!

[@thomasbeaver3828]

My grandfather got a job at a factory that built plastic or bakelite cases for radios. He was supposed to pour in the plastic pellets, place a metal form over them and then activate a press. He forgot to put the metal form on and was fired on the spot. It was his first day lol.

[@zudemaster]

It is amazing how fast technology seems to have leapfrogged since 1900. 1936-now think of this. less than 40 years earlier people were still riding around on horses and buggies.

[@ericheine2414]

It's wonderful to see men work in a concerted effort to create something of value. I worked in a body shop for 10 years. Iron American Dream on KZbin

[@rixille]

Why can't we bring back the industry in the USA? I bet we could pull it off with minimal environmental issues. Enough of this class-elite middle-class removal strife bullshit.

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

yeah and you would be first to apply for the long hours of screwing in a few bolts all day long for a pittance, sure.

[@bengus8148]

Because these corporations ship the work to Mexico where they make about $7.00 per week busting their butts.

[@drlegendre]

I wonder why this was produced.. the quality is unusually high for a workaday industrial film, with some real artistry behind the camera not to mention top-shelf film stock. Excellent piece of work.

[@georgejacob3162]

Mesmerized by the film and the accompanying music!

[@giovannicentino9609]

how clean the Factory was! and how proudly the men work! the cars wow!

[@PaulLee-fr9ld]

I just can't imagine that so early as in thirties has been contributed such a advanced production line which produced cars in the present sense be efficient and cost saving

[@SladeMacGregor]

Notice how the auto-workers in 1936 worked without hard hats and safety glasses that is required today. There were no air pollution laws back in 1936, and so the engines were simple, easy to build and easy to install. Very little electronics.

[@danielmay8827]

I'm more amazed in the machinery that created the parts. The time and engineering, sand casting and machining of making the machines. The product and people just fall into place. Very interesting industrial work!

[@larrygall5831]

I didn't believe it was from the 30's the first few minutes of the video.. I thought it was the 60's. I'm stunned video of this quality exists.. and it shows far more than I've seen anywhere else. Thank you very much for uploading this.. and it's done quite well, also, in regard to the editing and choice of music.

[@klaasj7808]

seriously, 1960's. damn dumb millenial hahaha

[@BlitzkreigWTF]

Bravo, great video. I wish America still built things like this. I went to college in Flint and all that industry is now a wasteland. I like the old way better, metal cars with no computers, built by hard working American craftsmen and brilliant engineers.

[@stevevincent4408]

If only back then they had inertia seat belts, headrests and airbags how many road deaths would we have had? Gotta agree with you though Charlie weve come a long way, but somehow the world seemed more sane back then, not that i was on the planet at the time, came on the scene not much later tho.

[@DDS029]

When I was racing, then inspecting race cars, I used to be a safety nazi. I picked over every little thing. Now in street cars you have so many "safety" gadgets, no one really knows how to drive. ABS, "self driving" cars, parking assist, rear view video "mirrors". And God forbid you actually help a kid learn how to diagnose simple problems, check fluids, CHECK THE LIGHTS AND SEE IF THEY WORK ONCE IN A WHILE, change a tire, etc., etc.

[@DDS029]

Steve Vincent what has inertia locking seat belts have to do with anything. All that had to be done was tighten the seat belts.

[@jhaugh569]

Like the old way better? No problem. Get rid of your TV and your cable, fit all your clothes- and your wife's too- in a 3'x 3' closet, never go to a restaurant, or a doctor or dentist, get your kids working at 16, work 12 hrs a day yourself including Saturday, never go on vacation, and piss in a bucket in the backyard. If you're up or that you're half way to your dream.

[@henkvharten8465]

If car manufacturers did not innovate and we had today cars and trucks without cathalic convertors and CDI systems, we would be all suffering from lung diseases. Computers in cars are not bad, but It is tempting for a car manufacturer to add features in a car that are not really necessary.

[@slimchancetoo]

AMAZING VIDEO adapted from old footage. Keep up the good work.

[@davegeisler7802]

Those are some badass workers during the Depression .Those guys would easily out work any 18-21 year old dude (in his prime ) of todays generation right into the ground . They were a different breed 8O+ years ago , nothing but respect. 👍

[@28yogy4todd]

I’d love to own one of these fine Chevrolet cars now. Thanks for the video.

[@cameron300462]

It always amazes me, while watching these old black and white films, how hard it is to imagine that these people had as much colour in their lives as we do now.

[@TwIsTeDgRaFiCz85]

Simply breathtaking, I need a time machine ☺️

[@jam63112]

Looks like Chaplin's "modern times"

[@agm5148]

Great video. There is a lot of history in the video.

[@bobthompson4918]

Truly fascinating to watch. Hard to believe that they had such a level of automation so long ago....

[@larryborkstrom3580]

I wish it was still like that today the mindset and willingness to work and the pride they took in a job well done

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

So incredibly amazing, so well produced. These men are to be admired and respected. Can you imagine a pack of snowflakes doing this job?

[@walterthecat2145]

What do you mean not a particularly difficult job

[@ronaldchappell3046]

No, just Robots !

[@milojanis4901]

@Ronald Chappell Only problem with robots is they can't buy a new car

[@milojanis4901]

@Walterthecat Right!! I'd like to see a lot of guys try doing this job. It's not easy, and it gets monotonous. Try doing this every day, from age 20 until age 65!!! Talk about Chinese water torture!!! I was a skilled tradesman, and though I have the ability to do their work, I could never do it over and over, year after year after year. I once knew a girl that worked at GM. Her job consisted of putting a key in the steering column, making sure it turned to the start position, then tag or sticker it as passed. That would drive me crazy. It pretty much did drive her crazy. She turned to drugs to help the time pass while at work. She got hooked. About 7 or 8 years later, she died of a drug overdose in her early 30s. You can bet the job played a part in her death

[@kbanghart]

​@@milojanis4901 why destroy your body that way... Yuck

[@johnblackburn2237]

These must have be some highly sought after jobs during the Great Depression.

[@Aristocles22]

Even in the Great Depression, Detroit was still great. Damn it, we need more factories like this. Updated with modern technology, yes, but we need more. Dozens more, for starters.

[@davidcollis4758]

That's what Trump means by Making America Great again. An industrial giant and powerhouse it used to be.

[@jasonwulff8341]

Detroit won't ever see a major industrial gain if we don't stop with the union's and they're crybaby B.S

[@billgredick3762]

not ever going back becuse you can make more parts at no labor cost with conputer controlled machines. No need to hire people to work anymore as in the movie. Sad, Sad, started with price competition and led to greed , then unions had to be formed to counter the greed. Unions then became greedy and killed the golden goose who laid the egg. Companies then went for computer controlled to counter too much wage cost brought on by unions.

[@russellking9762]

Americans need to build a car that the world wants and they never did....Toyota did just that....

[@Aristocles22]

@@russellking9762 Tesla can outbuild Toyota any day.

[@chrish5791]

I can’t imagine the amount of labor that went into making those multi step dies for forming that sheet metal. Several years ago I hauled the CNC master that made the computer measurements of patterns for CNC machines that machined the finish dies for fenders, doors, and quarter panels. Even with CNC machining I thought about all the machining time it would take to make those huge dies, I can’t imagine hand grinding them to the precison needed to give the required surface needed for that blemish free finish.

[@ChuddleBuggy]

amazing how very little has changed all this time.

[@georg57garvy21]

Over 80 years ago amazing what a beautiful car they produced.

[@pasquale55yeah55]

georg57 garvy Look up some photos of what they and the passengers looked like after a 35 mph impact or a rollover. People were launched through windshields, kids in back seats died of broken necks, drivers' chests were crushed against or penetrated by steering columns. The frames of some autos even in the 1930's were made of wood. People died routinely if their cars went into a ditch. We hit nearly 60,000 deaths a year a couple of decades ago, and in spite of probably double the number of cars cut deaths nearly in half -- till the current nuttiness of using our drivers seats as texting centers. Cars today, plastic or not, are safer, more durable, much more carefully engineered and constructed. Factories are safer, and the workers are healthier. True, the plentiful decent-paying -- and available -- jobs are not on the assembly line anymore. They are instead in robotic design and technology, engineering refinements, assembly line design. We tend to romanticize the auto industry, but must admit that in transportation -- autos, airliners, highway design -- we've come a long way. This is not to detract from the genius of 1930's workers. Watch a video of the operation of an automatic transmission and realize how much of that was being developed in the Thirties! Also keep in mind that this great video is a piece of company propaganda.

[@christophermarshall5765]

My father worked for Chrysler Australia back in the 1970's. The assembly line moved at a slow pace compared to today's speed, but was fast by those standards of the time. In Europe, the car manufacturers workers were well looked after, & catered for. They even have their own medical facility in a few of them.

[@mega-hb4re]

@@pasquale55yeah55 you must be a fruit cake butt pirate and snowflake from San Francisco

[@rickdevault2535]

@@pasquale55yeah55 and people are still dying in autos

[@PU8698]

@@pasquale55yeah55 yes please state every possible negative thing about these cars... They were beautiful, powerful and strong. Not safe though, back then the car made it out of a crash, but not the driver. Nowadays it's the other way around. I just wish stylish and simple to work on cars would make a comeback someday.

[@NoosaHeads]

The standard of cinematography was very high. Nowadays, everything (foreground and background) would be in sharp focus. The old style, with blurring of all but the subject is much more appealing.

[@patfrommucca6470]

That level was gone by the 60's Back before There was film noir, the B units of major studios as well as independents pumped out "crime dramas" with amazing photography. The lenses were simpler then and didn't have the depth of field and less light meant wider f stops.

[@DudMan2111]

if given the choice between blurry and clear in a video, clear is obviously better.

[@johnnyhotrod2608]

The standards are much higher today with technology and experience.

[@applesnoates]

Love the classic chevy! Thanks for posting!

[@roshanmanilal5315]

Apple E 10 years ago i cut up a 1939 Chevy chassis with its engine still attached to it .After watching this video it sad to see the work went into manufacturing it. It was heavily rusted though

[@vikasbist1609]

No they are ford Motor vehicle

[@davidnorman4149]

@@vikasbist1609 not a ford, OHV straight six was General motors alone back then.

[@chevyfan82]

@@vikasbist1609 better look again thats a chevy

[@chrish9791]

Filmed 25 years before I was born. No political opinion from me, or negative comment. I just appreciate seeing a very cool video from the past. Thanks for letting me see it tonight.

[@pete-mate3524]

Great video! I also enjoyed the authentic 1936 synthesizer music that accompanied this !!

[@matchlessajsbsa2157]

Interesting bit of social/manufacturing history. In those days it was all about conventional machines and flow-lines and everybody had a job. Nowadays it's all about numerical control and robots and hardly anybody has a job.

[@LeePresson]

I'll guess that this is not the original soundtrack.

[@ZerokillerOppel1]

Lee Presson Not even the whole complete movie...but here is the full movie...much better then this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ape9fqKvhtFkitU

[@SallySallySallySally]

Thanks! This shortened version was shown on the ARTS channel, which probably substituted the sound track. As usual, they did an excellent job.

[@MauroMoreiraBR]

No one wants to hear the terrible sound of the old industries. When I was I kid I visit the place where my father work, the high volume of the sound scares me, I never forget it. I know you was talking about the music.

[@danielocarey9392]

Toward the completion of the picture is where the wheels are installed. This is interesting to me. The wheels appear almost exactly like the aluminum wheels on my '97 Park Ave. I wonder...

[@metalmicky]

Daniel O Carey pressed steel wheels I reckon

[@jamesslick4790]

@@metalmicky Definitely pressed steel.

[@mikelray3965]

This is so amazing for that time period.There is more technology in the production machinery and tooling than the actual car being built.

[@enochpowel3030]

That's some high tec stuff for 1936.attention to detail is amazing

[@austinknowlton1783]

Those guys would be amazed at how much those frame rails sell for now. It would probably have bought a house back then.

[@horstschulz2245]

a (low standard) house was about 400-600 $ back then

[@jasonwulff8341]

Who the hell would give more than scrap cost for some old pile of shit frame like these? The same poeple who can't manage their finances.

[@milfordcivic6755]

Scary to think there's ZERO machine guarding in that place. I wonder how many fingers, hands and arms were lost during that time?

[@chrisadams2656]

+Justa Honduran There were safety engage switches on the stamping press.

[@rearspeaker6364]

NONE!! everyone back then used common sense, not like nowadays.

[@marcmoonrider]

You can have all the common sense in the world but if you mistime something, you lose a hand or an arm or a life. At one tine Ford was averaging a fatality a week.

[@SuperExcedrin]

@@marcmoonrider, I think inner city Chicago averages 10 a week, and they are just walking around the hood producing nothng.

[@stevefarris2990]

Take a tour of some of the older paper mills today. Lots of hard work. Dangerous jobs. Decent pay.

[@brads69dodgegtsconvertible16]

The music.... who is it ... it's awesome... PLEASE someone.... help

[@franciscodanconia45]

Have you found the answer?

[@ravinperera4255]

I’m astounded of how much automation there was, truly incredible engineers!

[@andystevenson5067]

This is so incredible. It was so many many years ago. But yet its so futuristic.

[@j.j.springer1099]

It's missing the best part! Sound of the equipment and machinery running

[@jeromechannell1849]

Those cars back then were made out of metal not 95% plastic like they are now

[@Kmecha84]

Jerome Channell What are you talking about. Cars and trucks nowadays are made mostly.of either steel or aluminum

[@redblue40rc33]

kyle warmerdam yeah all the interior is crap plastic, crap carpet, crap seat covers......engines mostly wires n computer chips.....1 lil wire gets chewed by a mouse n ya car is going NO WHERE.....

[@Kmecha84]

Red Blue40 When a person buys a shitty trim level that's what you get is cheap plastic interiors

[@Boobtube.]

when a person buys a higher trim level, they get cheap plastic made to look like higher quality material.

[@johnsarab4500]

So you see why pick ups from the 60's are still on the job!

[@donaldbrake5775]

We all watched that film with a music track Those men in those factories worked in unacceptable noise levels by todays standards.

[@28yogy4todd]

all that shiny new metal, paint and chrome put together with real craftsmanship

[@Torreiro]

This is amazing!!! I never thought that a assembly line was like that in the 30's... There are no computers to help, just the mind and the body. Surreal!!!

[@klaasj7808]

why do we think the computer is needed. the government made us think we need it.

[@starbucks7grande588]

American ingenuity and quality. Everyone is working and proud. Let's make America Great Again!

[@mountainman5025]

If the liberals have their way, illegals will be working in all our factories

[@yolamontalvan9502]

Starbucks7 Grande - That was before they hired blacks. That was when whites ruled the world.

[@yolamontalvan9502]

Mountain Man - Dumbass, the grand parents of my husband came to America from Europe illegally in the 20’s and worked illegally in factories until they got their papers. First they went to Canada, then they moved to Detroit. They told me a lot of Europeans came as visitors and decided to stay. Your ancestors probably did the same thing. I think you mean Make America White Again.

[@mountainman5025]

I mean build the wall and make people come in legally. At least Your husband's grandparents had a goal to work, and be legal, and not milk the system dry. Don't go off making mean racist statements. America was not a "WHITE" country to begin with, and I am not white either.

[@celticdude4686]

@@yolamontalvan9502 You are a racist to think that Trump voters want to make America white again! MAGA! TRUMP 2020 !

[@AlainHubert]

Already signs of some kind of assembly robots in 1936 ? Wow.

[@stephanieluigon5192]

They had telephones and electricity too! Just curious, where did you go to school?

[@curtiscarpenter9881]

I love the music in this!😀

[@packard5682]

They are building 1936 Chevrolets. There is a longer video that starts with the lighting of the furnaces to the car rolling off the assembly line. Very cool!!

[@camerondall4257]

I know this was during the Depression, but we have lost so much of what made this country great. The old saying: What we make, makes us - is lost now in this country. We WERE the manufacturing hub of the world. Not anymore. This is truly amazing footage. Thanks for sharing. All before computers - and it was quality stuff.