Title: Fascinating 1936 Footage Of Car Assembly Line Source:
tube URL Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40yDbeukR10 Published:Sep 15, 2011 Author:White American Workers Post Date:2011-09-15 21:40:20 by Flintlock Keywords:None Views:349 Comments:16
My father has a video of a Dodge factory from the early 20's, there are scenes in it that would make any OSHA inspector cringe. There's one machine, a press of some sort, that is in constant motion. The workers are feeding in sheet metal and pulling out the stamping as the machine runs, one can only imagine the number of injuries on a job like that. I was also amazed that they didn't have any way to spray on the paint, they were applying it with mops, essentially.
There's one machine, a press of some sort, that is in constant motion. The workers are feeding in sheet metal and pulling out the stamping as the machine runs...
In the movie Speed that I mentioned above, the big Hamilton 901 sheet metal stamping presses were like that. Not only were they feeding the stock in while running, they'd lube the parts with paint brushes while the press was coming down. Manly stuff back then.