[Windflier]

Click on full screen and turn on your speakers. This one's a treat.

[Gaffer]

Henry Ford had engines or transmissions shipped to his assembly lines in wooden crates. He had the makers cut odd holes in the crates. After they took out the part, he used parts of the crate for the floor boards in the car. Genius.

[cynwoody]

Too much expensive, low-productivity meat in that video.

Check out this one, instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXOkWuSCkRI

Machines should work. Humans should THINK.

[GeronL]

Not just assembling, they were MAKING parts too

[WhoisAlanGreenspan?]

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[b9]

Fascinating - and a bit sad. Was this in Detroit?

[Portcall24]

Consider for a moment how you might have felt after doing one of these jobs for 8 hours. They worked hard physically as well as a level of mental anguish not seen today. This is why the unions were able to organize and challenge leadership for more of the pie. But as things got easier the unions could only see greed and didn’t know when to stop. Thanks for posting this video...it is exceptional.

[Flick Lives]

Interesting to see such a high level of automation on the assembly line over 70 years ago.

[Wyatt's Torch]

For comparison here is a video from Wired of the Tesla manufacturing facility now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_lfxPI5ObM&feature=share&list=UUftwRNsjfRo08xYE31tkiyw

[Fiji Hill]

Those are Chevrolets.