Master Hands (1936) Chevrolet Manufacturing
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Uploaded by USAutoIndustry on Jun 11, 2010
Classic "capitalist realist" drama showing the manufacture of Chevrolets from foundry to finished vehicles. Though ostensibly a tribute to the "master hands" of the assembly line workers, it seems more of a paean to the designers of this impressive mass production system. Filmed in Flint, Michigan, just months before the United Auto Workers won union recognition with their famous sitdown strikes.
Selected for the 1999 National Film Registry of "artistically, culturally, and socially significant" films.
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Just before the famous "Sit Downer's" Strike...
cautionthisissparta 1 month ago in playlist Favorite videos
got one in my garage
jjackson29214 1 month ago
This is an excellent classic auto manufaturing video. I am glad it has been preserved for internet browser to see.
cb40475 3 months ago
Thanks. Great to hear your teacher is showing you old school manufacturing. Incredible to see the automation in the thirties. I wonder if any of those cars filmed are still in somebody's garage?.. Car dreams.....
breezerb65 4 months ago
My automotive teacher showed us this video in class and I was just amazed by it. The part where they make the crankshaft is awesome. We were wondering how OSHA would have reacted to their lack of safety procedures :O haha
Brandi18c1 4 months ago
@breezerb65 They're making lifters at 8:02
Brandi18c1 4 months ago
Love the video! Studied it over and over, but I can't figure what they are casting the mold for at 8:02.? I can visualize the placement of every part shown except that one. Thanks!
breezerb65 4 months ago
The degree of automation in some of the processes is really impressive, especially given the era this was filmed in. What's more, the scale of the machines is also incredible as the camera pans down the assembly line. Imagine the smell that could never be captured and think about the noise these giant presses make. Interesting also that not one person had the ability to stop the line if there were a significant manufacturing issue. Quality today is much better.
CurbsideColumn 5 months ago
unions have bankrupted this country.
lvll138inrs 7 months ago
Looks just like the Bugatti factory!
handiest1 8 months ago