" STEEL ON THE ROUGE " 1968 FORD MOTOR CO. RIVER ROUGE STEEL PLANT FILM 98464

[@bigcheeezzz7135]

And just like that!,, we lost the jobs, the skilled craftsmen, the knowledge,, and here we are 😢

[@SparkyonWheelz]

And union leaders still support the party of NAFTA and TPP.

[@blubard6105]

​@SparkyonWheelz Woeful understatement by far. Now China is rich and America the Hoe!.

[@QuintTheSharker]

I miss this America

[@michaelvalentine7474]

The plant and all of this is still there:-)

[@johnkoval1898]

Me too!

[@Drewsky840]

CEOs and politicians stole our country from us

[@johnkoval1898]

@@Drewsky840 Replace ‘CEOs’, with ‘unions’ and you may be on to something.

[@jimsperlakis5634]

I do too but for 1968 they were already obsolete for the steel making.

[@MarkAnthony-he3xy]

I was fortunate to see all this in real life at Rouge and most steel mills in the eastern USA from my first job out of college. Sadly, a lot of the BOFs are gone...Weirton, Wheeling-Pitt, etc.

[@phuturephunk]

Ford made a huge amount of their own steel back in the day. I think at one time they were like the number 3 biggest steel producer in the US behind US Steel and Bethlehem.

[@kenc3288]

Excellent and accurate portrayal of steel making, without any sensationalism of more modern documentaries. Cheers from Australia.

[@sdkerby]

Mind boggling engineering and execution.

[@RADIUMGLASS]

Thank You to the Ford family for keeping this company and moving it forward.

[@brosefmcman8264]

A great time to be an American

[@ph11p3540]

Steel is treated like pasta. It's mixed, it's cooked, it's extruded and is cut and allowed to cool. The pasta of heavy industry

[@scottrayhons2537]

Thank you Ford Motor Company for such a great video. Great learning experience!

[@whatchaMACALLEM-222]

its crazy that they shut down those furnace all the way. been inside and to the top of them many times. truly the end of an era.

[@TheGbeecher]

I've seen this before, but it always amazes me...what an incredible complex...😮

[@gualtersilvanijr1]

I was born in 1963 and since the cradle, loved cars, mechanics, industry process and so on. In 1978 started working as apprentice in a large metalurgical plant manufacturer of railroad cargo and pessengers wagons, buses and heavy duty eqpmnt, in the meantime studied Mechanics at the technical school. After, graduation in Mechanical Production Engin..Those enviroments were my daily reality for over than 41 years around the world. Those were very good times. Unfortunatelly, I got the perception of decreasing those on last 5 years of my worked years.

[@molotov9502]

Those taconite balls were some heavy stuff. I snapped off more than a few shovel handles trying to clean up spilled pellets when I worked in a steel mill.

[@curlyrooster118]

Used to use them for our sling shot ammo!

[@Paul1958R]

Ford: A copy of mein kampf in every glovebox

[@bryannichols7843]

That sounded like Carl Sagan narrating! Very nice. Great to see those late 60's cars at the end of the film!

[@OnerousEthic]

My grandfather, Robert E. Houston, ran the steelmill at River rouge. I think he retired in 1965…

[@richardgray8593]

When America was great.

[@d9190]

Nationalism will rise again.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

How is that different from subsequently, except with the current wannabe POTUS? You know, the one with the Nero complex.

[@grumples1517]

Yup full of PTSD riddled WW2 and Korean war vets. Rife with racism, misogyny, sexism, and religion. Doesn't that just sound great?

[@gregtaylor6146]

@Sir Grumples - Thanks snowflake, I'll take the 1968 USA over today's shamble of a union.... in a heartbeat.

[@johnsiders7819]

Sir Grumples same here but could you just see the current generation of tide pod eaters doing this type of work ? They are not masculine in any way compared to these workers !

[@BKFan342]

insane amount of energy and water

[@merc-ni7hy]

that maroon 68 merc at the end was killer

[@gregjackson6529]

From slag to sheet metal rolls in 2 minutes? Remarkable.

[@PhaQ2]

From "slab" to coil.

[@RoadRunnergarage8570]

Thanks for keeping the videos flowing through tough times..

[@gregnancyspear4367]

By the end of the month (April 2020) this plant will be no more. United States Steel is shutting down their operations on Zug island after nearly 100 years of continuous operation.

[@robertbarry3881]

Greg & Nancy Spear Rouge steel is still operating, it is just no longer under the Ford/ Rouge name. It has been bought several times and is now AK Steel

[@samiam5557]

@@robertbarry3881 Not to the extent show in film, most is a rusting eyesore now.

[@johnsiders7819]

I saw that the bottle car railroad is shutting down

[@scottrayhons2537]

The one world gov't, ol crooked joe, and trilateral commission taking over. Shutting most mfg down in USA. Next they will put a chip under your skin and go cashless society. Look it up, its in the Book of Revelations, the last book of the Bible.

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Well it 2023 and it's Cleveland cliffs if AK steel owned it now, it was sold about 2 years ago I believe

[@christersvensson4948]

God bless America!

[@johnkoval1898]

I and most of my relatives worked in the steel mills in NW Indiana. Most still operating under different names. Most steel production these days is done by ’Mini Mills’ which are smaller and more efficient.

[@johncholmes643]

What a horrible life......

[@runlikehell4180]

@@johncholmes643how so?

[@lambrokedrc5998]

Ah, Hometown ^___^

[@MichaelC1245]

worked 7 years at the rouge steel plant and hated when people used to ask me what I did, Like how long do you have to listen? Thanks for the video that I can tell people to go watch if they really want to know.

[@MichaelC1245]

Btw funny story about a reccuring dream i have. New company buys the steel plant and asks me to come back cause all the new guys are worthless. I always agree for some reason even though i would never do that cause i hated that job and live in florida now... but my first day i always drop a coil off the exit end of the cold roll mill. Everyone did that but in my dream was so much worse cause they hired me as an "expert"... Im sure I could go run that place in my sleep still though. Probably why that shit happens in my dreams

[@papabits5721]

When steam was still king

[@bloooning1]

back when AMERICAN cars we made in AMERICA. no parts from Mexico, Canada, and heaven forbid CHINA

[@kelvintorrence5994]

Amen,no price list which says this part made here,and this 1 here,and do on

[@NealFry]

October 1ST, 2024, Thank you Ford Motor Company for my Pension Check today, in The Holy Name of Jesus Christ, amen.

[@NealFry]

" I'll Always Love you Little Miss Sunshine and Little Miss Angel on Earth Always in my Prayers in The Holy Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, amen. "

[@NealFry]

" Little Miss Princess "

[@gregjackson6529]

A great video even though the plot was weak. lol.

[@DMBall]

You get some idea of how thin the sheet metal is on automobile bodies. On his program "Secret Life of Machines," engineer Tim Hunkin cut it with a pair of tin snips.

[@jondoes7836]

Ford isn’t in the steelmaking business anymore. This steel mill is now owned by Cleveland Cliffs. It has been totally modernized compared to what’s seen here.

[@reallyhappenings5597]

Massive environmental impact

[@samiam5557]

Positive economic impact, them mills had many jobs and made American steel for FORD.

[@nealfry2230]

I'll Always Love me Neal Patrick Fry

[@nealfry2230]

During the 1973 Oil Embargo.

[@nealfry2230]

Heat Stroke.

[@samiam5557]

Now the River Rouge FORD property is a dilapidated factory wasteland of rusting steel and broken concrete structures, quite a shame to see.

[@nealfry2230]

Hello Heavenly Hayden Panettiere, Can Eye Turn you with my Blood Clot on my Brain? Very Poor Vision and no feel>ngs on my face, fingers and thumbs. Maybe Stainless Steel Plates on my Head just like my Brother Brown Dog from Hill 937 Hamburger Hill from the 'Nam. All my Love, Always, Neal

[@nealfry2230]

U ca nothing See to =e!d.