Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
This film documents the first two decades in Europe after World War II. It includes confrontations between eastern and western European countries, as well as a confrontation between Nikita Khrushchev and President John Kennedy; problems in Czechoslovakia; the Berlin Airlift; and the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
This film documents the first two decades in Europe after World War II. It includes confrontations between eastern and western European countries, as well as a confrontation between Nikita Khrushchev and President John Kennedy; problems in Czechoslovakia; the Berlin Airlift; and the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).










![Ford Automobile Assembly Line / President Hoover Visits Detroit / Police Disperse Picketers
Plant interior - engine blocks suspended, from a moving overhead conveyor belt - engine blocks moving down an inclined conveyor belt - engine assembly line with workers - steel furnace and steel pouring into bucket, hoist is positioned, raises bucket - plant interior - automobile wheel rims suspended from moving overhead conveyor - metal working and fender stamping machinery and conveyor belt - worker operates Dow stamping equipment - engine assembly line. [1929]
b. Plant exterior with Ford railroad car on siding, truck with trailer driven up with four old automobiles aboard - man receipts shipment - cars are backed off truck, towed into building, stripped of parts - men with torches cut apart the body - large press crushes the frame, wreckages compressed, forced into open hearth furnace. [1930]
c. Automobile turns corner in business district - policeman stands at corner, spectators under umbrellas line sidewalk - flag decorated, speaker’s platform - audience in raincoats and hats, with umbrellas - train arrives at station in rain, spectators with umbrellas - President Herbert Hoover leaves passenger car, poses with Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison - the three men conversing indoors while another man prepares an exhibit and experiment - Edison gestures as he points to equipment. [1929]
d. Crowd of workers leave streetcars at station, walk up steps - men parade with signs - policemen sit in back of open truck as men parade past - police disperse marchers, 5/26/37. Men running in all directions - police chase men across railroad tracks, through a field. [1937]
e. Field with Ford plant in background - automobiles are test driven and circle field at high speed. [1932]
f. Three armored trucks drive out of plant. [1918] Ford Automobile Assembly Line / President Hoover Visits Detroit / Police Disperse Picketers](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ohXSBdCk8u4/mqdefault.jpg)