Who was Henry Ford?

[@rogermiller4591]

My favorite Henry Ford quote.. Think you can, Think you can't.. either way you are right.

[@scottsherman6889]

Or…..you can have the model T in any color you want as long as it’s black

[@Girlytang]

If everyone could discuss sensitive topics with the objectivity and honesty that Mark does, the world would be a much better place. Ford was a genius, and he had abhorrent beliefs. One does not negate the other. People are still complicated that way. We have to believe that the greater good will prevail. Fascinating show! Thank you! 🤍

[@ermining1]

​@@reg6947 or something he doesn't agree and then you're all sorts of things😂

[@nonyabidness6492]

​@@reg6947 he wasn't wrong about the Jews tbh

[@sergepetrov7973]

@@nonyabidness6492 the Zionist Conspiracy is not only a FALSE NARRATIVE but to actually take that crap proves your stupid willingness

[@nonyabidness6492]

@@harleylawdude ask your mother

[@David-j4v3u]

I wish it was objective. It's not.

[@cassandras7399]

I went to high school in Germany for grade 11 in the late 80s. Blew my mind how much Henry Ford was part of the curriculum.

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

Right?

[@to3ta64]

Same. I went to Heidelberg American HS, DODS.

[@williamwatson4625]

He was an admirer of the Fuhrer and, like him, he held anti-Semitic views.

[@CHUY-DRZ400s]

Just sat down after 12hrs in one of his stamping plants. Rinse and repeat. I will be back in 11hrs. U.A.W.💪🏼‼️ 📣Great show‼️👍🏻👍🏻

[@lisapop5219]

Mr. Ford was...interesting. I grew up in Detroit in the 80s and he was part of our history. We all had a trip Greenfield village and the Henry Ford museum in elementary school. Both sides of my family moved up there to work at the plants. My mom's side came from Kentucky and my dad's from Poland.

[@iflick7235]

The most exciting event in my elementary school life was our class trip to Henry Ford's Greenfield Village. It was in the 60's.

[@marshallgiles6255]

Keep up the excellent research and interesting and informative topics. God Bless Y'all.

[@NickRatnieks]

There was a Henry Ford anecdote in one of my economics text books. His son Edsel asked him for money- so Henry Ford gave him a nickel but Edsel was so disgusted with this paltry gift from his wealthy father, that he hurled it into the bushes. Henry Ford forced him to find the coin at length and when he did, he lectured him on the qualities of the copper-nickel alloy used for the coin and the industrial process to mint it- explaining that it might be a mere five pennies in value but it represented a vast amount of manufacturing processes and know how.

[@sterling557]

"You can have any color you want.. as long as it's BLACK." - Henry Ford

[@gerryconstant4914]

6 😊

[@kaybrown4010]

I’m originally from Dearborn. In 1966, my third grade class went on a field trip to the nearby Ford Rouge plant where we saw those classic Mustangs rolling off the line!

[@dougarchbold1489]

Your channel is amazing! Please do a show a deep take on Joesph Kennedy Sr. who always gets missed when talking about JFK and why his boys were taken out. But this guy needs a story done. The Henry Ford story is wonderfully done as all the stories you have done. Please do The life and times and how he changed the direction of the USA and the world.

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

That would be good. Rfk Jr said he was never involved in bootlegging and it was a smear crested by their opposition.

[@boudieskate]

Only a crooked Wall Street trader who became the first SEC chairman. The foxes in charge of the hen house continues to this day. These guys need some shows on the crooks of Wall Street and the fed.

[@clayedwards5183]

Yes please!

[@JCru-y1e]

im 23 and not a history expert but this is prob the best history channel on youtube.

[@David-j4v3u]

You have a lot to learn.

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

After watching so many of these videos, I predict that Mark will never die of dehydration.

[@rosiejimenez3953]

😄😆😅🤣😂 !!!

[@keithagn]

I think Mark was doing this show hung over, and trying to rehydrate...

[@DavidBrown-bp4iq]

@@keithagn Mark? Can you clear up this question?

[@robertphillips6051]

A story that people in Florida know is when Ford decided to use Spanish moss for padding in the seats of his cars. He didn’t anticipate that it would grow through the seats and he had to replace the seats. An expensive experience.

[@donphilp7511]

I wish to tell you that I watch You on KZbin. I'm much older and I love your stuff and have told other people about it. Thank you

[@LEEEEMO]

As usual, a well researched and fun presentation. You guys hit it out of the park every time, no matter the topic.

[@johnweigel1806]

You guys are great. Putting history to right is important. You belong at the top of internet ratings. Thanks for everything you talk about.

[@David-j4v3u]

I've been happy with the quality of most of these videos. This video unfortunately contained such bias I can no longer take the creator seriously. They have poisoned the well so to speak, and now I have to question a lot of the other "hot takes"

[@plaiche]

@@David-j4v3uIm struggling as well. So many red pills permeate their always relatable deep dives, and it always comes across as a humanist lens. The sudden canned groupthink on a sensitive topic was a bit jarring. When criticism=hate, rational disagreement is impossible and the tiny % of critics who are hateful, will grow and justify the blanket assertion. A dangerous equation. Waters is not hateful, hes a vocal critic. Disagree with him of course, but smearing him as an AS is bogus and antithetical to discourse and accountability.

[@MrLeftlane1313]

Always great stories and content. Thx.❤

[@monicawestrn]

I love this educational talk! I was privileged to own a 1923 Ford Model T Truck. I taught myself to drive it from watching KZbin videos! It was a learning curve, you can’t talk and drive at the same time but MAN how fun it was to drive!!!! Loved it and miss it terribly! Yes, at 45mph it was terrifying! Lol

[@chuckleberryfinn1992]

If you ever square danced as part of school curriculum: Henry Ford.

[@pauletteharbin8415]

Later in life, Mr. Ford gave millions to educational institutions, one being Berry College near Rome, GA. Martha Berry started the institution in a one room school house very early in the 1900's. Miss Berry is a great read!

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

Didn't give to no synagogues.

[@barrybrevik9178]

Are you saying that Ford's philanthropy excuses him from being an unrepentant anti-semite?

[@NickRatnieks]

The Model N has right hand drive and due to his new production line process for the Model T, Ford made that car left hand drive and as it sold in the millions, led to the standardisation of left hand drive in the USA- although other makers like Pierce-Arrow continued with right hand drive which can be seen with Fatty Arbuckle's fancy-mobile.

[@Likwidfox]

Can't believe I've never heard of Fordson Tractors that awesome.

[@gregvinson1]

The Hillbilly highway described the huge southern migration to Detroit in the 1940s and 1950s for jobs in auto industry. Just about everyone I grew up with had relatives living in the north working in auto industry. When they retired many moved back to their hometowns.

[@geoffreyyoung5419]

A number ONE show, you guys HIT this one out of the park Thanks again

[@utube11505]

Great story, great job.

[@bpatts1652]

Another excellent episode!!

[@Justacook74]

I own a 1917 Model T Huckster, it has a 1920 motor with electric start and a hand crank. The oil hasn’t been changed in over 70 years and it still runs and drives. Gets over 25 mph. I haven’t tested the top speed because around 25-30 mph it feels like you’re about to take flight and normal people wanna hop out. Its very discombobulating to drive, feels like you’ve been in a washing machine.

[@charlottewatson668]

Another Great video.😁 Really u 2 make my week evenings so enjoyable‼️ It's better than a gossip session 😂. Ppl I never considered interesting have turned out to be fascinating in their own weird way 🤪.Gotta get back & finish out the end.. until next time... Peace and Love....

[@tommack352]

When I took Cost Accounting in college, we studied the fact that Henry Ford did not know how much it cost his company to build each individual car!

[@ETALAL]

Its a particular scientific method that has stood the test of time, Charles Darwin used it to describe natural selection and Karl Marx used it to describe Capital. Ford was a great Marxist!

[@battygirlrachel]

Excellent episode! I knew a little bit about Ford, but this really put it in perspective. Have you seen what Discovery+ just put out on Abe Lincoln? It's crazy and proves why we need ppl like you two to tell the good and bad without the embellishments. If they do it to Lincoln, I'm sure they will do it to lesser known ppl and we would be none the wiser cause we wouldn't know enough about it to know it was a revisionist history.

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

Thanks Jenny - have not seen the Discovery episode. Will look for it.

[@battygirlrachel]

@America's Untold Stories Mythinformed tweeted it, that's where I saw it

[@flyrog07]

Great piece and I love the way you presented it. I was surprised you didn’t mention more about all the panzers , german trucks, ect having Ford engines in them. GM built the airplane engines. Ford and GM lied to congress that it was to costly to convert auto assembly lines over to make war materials to help Europe. Ford waited until June of 1943 to meet in Portugal with the Germans to say maybe it was time to take Ford’s name off the German factories. Funny how after Pearl Harbor they retooled for war service. Henry Ford sued the US government for bombing his plants in Germany. He won.

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

I only have time for so much

[@berniestar1490]

I owned a '73 Ford ute (Australian) it went 18 miles to the gallon and new door handles each year, the market for door handles was worth a billion dollars a year.

[@CHUY-DRZ400s]

📣Fantastic ‼️👍🏻👍🏻

[@3llement]

I'd love to see these guys do a piece on who did 9/11.

[@RickyJr46]

This show connected several dots, thanks for putting it together.

[@jeffreymcdonald8267]

I read both those books in the early 90's and I am blown away that Ford was putting the Protocols in the glove box of new cars. I wonder what time frame he did this and how many cars were actually sold with that book in the glove box.

[@danomojo1]

This is great. You boys do well. I miss the days when we saw biographies like this in school. 16 mm projector days.

[@bobcrnich1676]

Very eye opening report as well as entertaining, Good Show both of you and your is greatly appreciated!

[@jamesorth6460]

a 5th grade education at the end of the 19th century would have to be way higher standers than of a modern day 5th grade education

[@eddiggs5993]

Another great video--thanks

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@spartymatt9627]

Being from a suburb of Detroit, and everyone in my family being tied to the car companies, this episode was awesome. Also explains why one of our countrys biggest Holocaust museums is in Detroit (and if you go there, the have entire exhibits on the antisemitism of Ford/Detroit area pre-WWII)

[@kslinaz5668]

It's a joy to listen to this nutty guy. Very fascinating and funny.

[@gergemall]

Love you guys and all your hard work to make these wonderful videos.

[@theatrixentertainment]

I'm surprised, being a film guy, Mark didn't mention that Charles Foster Kane (Citizen Kane) was a blend of William Randolph Hearst and Henry Ford. The glamping and Kane's various views and political activities were taken from Ford's life. Great installment, guys!

[@RadioFarSide]

Indeed, and it blew me away years ago when I found out ole 'Dolph (the German one) had a full-length picture of Ford on the wall in the Bunker. Just goes to show ya being a genius in one area doesn't make you an all-round smart guy.

[@theatrixentertainment]

@gary vonneida Eric does all the heavy lifting. Mark just sits there looking pretty. }:>

[@theatrixentertainment]

@@reg6947 Actually, Eric is Mark's golem.

[@theatrixentertainment]

@Robert Giles Actually, Orson told me that himself, along with the childhood scene being autobiographical.

[@theatrixentertainment]

@Robert Giles Nothing like Heast either. The concept of a model is it provides raw material for something new. Elements if Kane's life were >based< on Ford.

[@crtune]

You folks might want to look at Federick Taylor and "Scientific Management". This guy created an efficiency in business movement which eventually became called "Taylorism". He employed Time and Motion studies and sought to shave seconds off of various operations in terms of the actions of workers. Laywer Louis Brendeis coined the term "Scientific Management" to describe the phenomenon. This would have been very popular around 1900 or into 1910. This could help explain how Ford viewed factory processes.

[@f.messerschmidt7589]

Additionally, Henry Leland was a pioneer in auto parts interchangeability.

[@twinsboy_3410]

You two are marvelous. Best way to share history is to tell a story with facts. Question: did Ford ever find a way to produce his own “puru type steel” without having to import it?

[@bryanb.386]

Samuel Colt was one of the assembly line forerunners.

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

spencer was the first colt didnt do it till 13 yeaes later after visiting spencers factory

[@maggiesace389]

Narrow focus...unbalance. The focus SO narrow on what is after success....gradual imbalance. So much success and money...ego starts thinking its THEIR job to "fix" human nature - resulting in another type of unbalanced, narrow focus to BLAME certain peoples. Narcissism is VERY dangerous!

[@vwalsh63]

Kingsford started making charcoal out of the scraps from henry ford's wheel making operation.

[@chrlmmartin7776]

Mark, your scholarship, research & presentation here is, as usual, incredible. I thought I knew Ford's bio, but this is great-new light.

[@rosecady6821]

Griot: a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa.

[@neutralobservation9418]

Interestingly, I saw Kennedy's limo at The Henry Ford/Greenfield Village Museum. Great episode guys. Take care.

[@TheJagjr4450]

LAZY SUZAN TABLE... the rotating platter hs a central post which goes all the way through the table to the CROSS base which has a block with a hole for the post to spin within. My great grandparents had one at the family's Lake house and my dad said when he and his cousins were up there during the summer they would tie the littlest cousin to the lazy susan and then start spinning them... lol My father drew up plans and took some detailed photos then built one in the late 1970's, it is the table we ate at for fathers day last week.

[@3rdeyekweenmaat899]

Thanks

[@gabejacobs-lm8eo]

My grandfather in early 20th Century worked in forests in Michigan/Wisconsin border region worked for Ford Motor Co. said that wooden shipping crates used for transmissions/engines were repurposed for floor boards model Ts

[@rogermiller4591]

Think you can, Think you can't.. Either way, you are right. -Henry Ford

[@tps3057]

Good show ...

[@mahatmahjeebs6622]

Hello Mark , I'm in My mid 70's and seem to recall seeing ?somewhere? images of a Man sticking a Yard stick (dipstick) into the tank of an old Car to measure the gas . P.S. This memory may be Wrong !?! Thanx .

[@jackharle1251]

Woodrow Wilson was into eugenics before Hitler.

[@posseeANNA]

Thanks again guys for another great AUS episode!

[@taelorwatson9822]

I'm into this up until 18 minutes and there's several things he didn't mention. First I believe Ford was pretty religious. It was one of the reasons he wasn't and making high-dollar cars. The briquettes came from that they were burning pallets I believe. On the race, the other car broke down.

[@marcmarinacci7378]

hmmmm................. howabout ford's hatred of Jews and his sick love for hitler ?

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

scrap wood from the Ts also

[@f.messerschmidt7589]

Excellent presentation. One thing I didn't hear about was Ford's bad dealing with Henry Leland, who invented the Cadillac and the Lincoln.

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

we can only cover so much

[@rockandroll4689]

Henry Ford actually invented the first Cadillac - it was his first car company - Detroit Motor - they fired Henry and changed the name to Cadillac - the article I read said so technically - Henry Ford made the first Cadillac....

[@neil2550]

Great shoow

[@bigdog-bi4qm]

Wish yall would do a show on John Dillinger. A lots of people believe he didn't die @ Biograph July 22 1934. Thanks

[@eddiea1213]

Thanks for the explanation of Henry Ford anti-Semitism. Glad you could see the good parts of the Man as well. Unbiased news.

[@Happyboymargarine]

This dude on the left couldn't be less interested in this discussion, he's reading comments the whole time.

[@paparomano3390]

got a firestone commercial for one of the ads. LOL.

[@thurin84]

what a perfect pair. oswald the dog loves everyone equally, and grou bear hates everyone equally. they should make a buddy or road to pic!

[@ms8596]

Yea, the Sears Craftsman home had a whole different look. If there was any developer close to the outer look of these Fordlandia homes, it's Levitt, but that's after WWII. Levitt homes were very sparse though.

[@rlj7647]

You should touch on the Ford/Dahlinger affair. Very interesting and not well known.

[@harveycedar5809]

Used to have detroit to Baghdad flights before iraq invaded kuwait. Large chaldean, also syrian/lebanese population. Ford imported people from warm climates. Highland Park (Mich.), site of Model-T plant, had the first mosque in U.S.

[@deanjacobs1766]

My father owned a Ford 8 N tractor it was a bear, could do almost anything, I learned to drive on that thing

[@Thekarlskorner]

The Model N was before the Model T which began production in 1908. The last T was in 1927, with the second Model A in 1928 to 1931. The V-8 Model B was introduced in 1932.

[@talltimberswoodshop7552]

When he upped the pay to $5 per day, he withheld part of it for one year. If they stayed, they got it back.

[@shanecook7280]

Missed the live

[@EndingSimple]

I never realized the origin of the Muslim connection to Dearborn, Michigan through the Dearborn Independent. Talk about connecting dots. I heard that Hitler actually made a museum in Germany dedicated to Henry Ford.

[@to3ta64]

Adolf Hitler had a hand painted portrait of Henry Ford. Certain Wehrmacht Vehicles had Ford engines in them.

[@fredyucht9003]

Long story. . . Around 2005, the then Ford who was Ford's CEO, married a Jewish woman. He converted, bought an expensive Torah, and donated it to a Detroit synagogue. Ford has also subsequently had a non-Ford Jewish CEO. Henry Ford II, Hank the Deuce, as Ford CEO was very pro-Israel. The original Ford had Jewish friends. Ironically, the original architect for Ford, Albert Kahn, the famous Detroit architect, was Jewish, and designed all of Ford's plants and buildings.

[@bwolfe8516]

why is it when the guy on the right refers to a photograph or video, the guy on the left seems to struggle to provide the image to the viewers.....or simply seems to generally not have familiarity with the media involved in the episode?

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

takes time to bring it up and find it

[@EAGLE-SAN]

I WAS THERE!!! IN 1971 I WAS THROWN OUT OF THE USAF- MINOT ND- ICBM'S- LEFT ON A 350 CC KAWASAKI TO MICHIGAN.....96.00 DOLLARS EVERY TWO WEEKS UNEMPLOYMENT!! OFF TO RIVER ROUGE FORD PLANT I WENT FOR $4.79 AN HOUR, CHECKING SEAT-BELTS, WINDSHIELD WIPER WASH ALIGNMENT , ETC ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE. THE SUPERVISORS WERE ALLOWED TO USE NEW CARS TO TAKE HOME AND BACK. THERE WAS A COUGAR THAT A SUPERVISOR HAD DAMAGED... DAY LATER IT COMES TROUGH MY CHECK POINT-?- AND IT HAD BEEN REPAIRED WITH A NEW FENDER, ETC.!!!! I HAD BEEN THERE FOR TWO WEEKS.... A MAN WITH TEN YEARS REPLACED ME ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE - AND I WAS TRANSFFERED TO THE FOUNDRY!!! FOR 8 HOURS I WOULD TAKE CAMSHAFTS AND CRANKSHAFTS OFF A ROTATING SYSTEM AND PUT THEM ON A CONVEYOR BELT TO BE CLEANED SOMEWHERE DOWN THE LINE- LIKE THOSE PLASTIC CAR KITS WITH THE EXTRA PIECES YOU HAD TO CLEAN OFF BEFORE IT WOULD FIT WITH THE REST OF THE PIECES!! I WOULD DRIVE HOME FROM THE RIVER ROUGE PLANT AND CRASH ON THE COUCH AND MOM WOULD SAY- "WHAT HAPPENED?" THREE DAYS LATER, I GOT MY CHECK AND MY GOOD FRIEND, BOB, AND I CAME TO COLORADO... SHEER MADNESS.... FOR A 5 CENT RAISE TO DANTE'S HELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrTValleyguy]

Wonderful story

[@grayman556]

Oh this is going to be good. I’m watching y’all boys on I phone. COME ON BOBBY!!!!!

[@richardoneal1055]

Vanadium isn't a steel. It's an alloy, and it doesn't make steel lighter. It makes it stronger than plain carbon steel.

[@Thekarlskorner]

Actually it was Ransom E. Olds who made the first mass production automobile the 1901 Curved Dash Olds, with 420 produced. The next year, over two thousand were made. Olds, like Ford belied in the working man's car, and was kicked out of his company as the Smith's who held most of the company wanted to build expensive cars. Olds then started REO in 1905. Henry Ford's first car was the 1903, which became the Cadillac when Ford left his first company. Ironically, R. E. Olds was another one of Ford's coterie camper group with Harvey Firestone and Thomas Edison.

[@vladradek]

Thin Lizzy is an Irish band. The Irish pronunciation of 'thin' is 'tin'

[@Shadow0fd3ath24]

they say thin though themselves

[@lisapop5219]

For those that don't already know, a white Russian doesn't refer to skin color but to those who were loyal to the monarchy. I don't know why they were called white.

[@brandonshaw2120]

Well, it's because the Bolsheviks/Communists were jews, who are not 'white' by their own admission.

[@Flawpeacock564]

That's what they called themselves during the revolution if im not mistaken

[@junkscience6397]

Probably in contrast to those they were fighting, "the Reds"?

[@therealthreadkilla]

Anyone else waste too much time on google maps checking out Fordlanda? 🤣

[@eg042680]

I often enjoy the interesting content on this channel. 'Support for the state of Israel' has zero bearing on any American being fringe or not and, in an incorrupt US gov, shouldn't have any bearing on an individuals validity as a candidate for any position/office.

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

all major candidates support the state of Israel

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

Your jew hatred is leaking out from your basement bro.

[@robertward1728]

Henry Ford didn't invent the assembly line, he amplified it!

[@MrSkill_420]

Henry Ford - CEO of Based Inc. Hero of European Civilization

[@stevewesley8187]

Model T 08-27 . Model A 29-31

[@MrWrstone]

Ford asked Kingsford to find something to do with the excess wood at the Ford factory.

[@tyfogle]

A Boy named Sue reference! Shel Silverstein would be a great "Untold" story.

[@walkerhospitality9692]

The word forgery is wrong. I think he meant to say "fabricated". If you ever have read the NYT article debunking it, you would find that laughable.

[@suemarks1795]

I never knew this story. Appreciate how you/Mark framed it as you did! FORD - 2 sides of the same coin - intensely smart & insanely duped/stupid! So very sad his messaging lives on today - blech. I had no idea & find it disgusting. Thank you so please much. Fascinating as usual from AUS’s. 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️👏👏🥰🥰🙀🙀

[@jacknegrete8487]

Would you guys be looking into the assassination of John Lennon? there seems to be a good amount of dots that could be connected on that topic.

[@AmericasUntoldStories]

British

[@jacknegrete8487]

@@AmericasUntoldStories I would agree but, killed in NY by an American; 2 years after gaining American citizenship, while having a CIA agent as a witness to the crime. Although I respect the decision.

[@jacknegrete8487]

@@AmericasUntoldStories Actually I don’t accept that decision based on the episode on Nikola Tesla!!

[@flouisbailey]

Thank you for considering we youthful KZbin people im only 72. Valum of steel is Vanadium I actually laughed out loud. The neer $100,000 Ford Lighting truck comes to mind.

[@fenderay6strings425]

My old 58 VW had no gauge just a reserve foot valve on the floorboard. Once you turn it on you had 1 gallon left to find a gas station. I still would run out of gas had to push the limitation on that old BUG!

[@TheProphetJoshua]

No mention of Kennedy's car in the Ford Museum? 😜

[@alexhaywood9706]

Now its dark grey

[@danielyoung6630]

FORD + EDISON was that true? AND WALTER REUTHER "PLANE CRASH" 1970? a subject for another day?