I still own my 1926 Ford model T roadster Pickup had it for 26 years so far.

I'm Australian. Ford Motor Company has a proud history in Australia. The Geelong plant the first and the Grandest. My Grandfather drove Fords, my Dad drove Fords, and I will always buy and drive Fords.

Interesting fact is that he didn't realize that the world evolved trough a mass consumption mechanism and that consumers minds evolved demanding different products, this is really a great way to study them in favor of your company, analizyng consumers needs is a great practice. This fact is a gift to us from this documentary.

Wow. Well done PBS. Just facts. No spin. Refreshing. Really enjoyed. Thank you.

I am not a 'car' person but I am fascinated by the man and his families dynamics

Recently I went to Same ford plant in Detroit where he stated and now Ford has huge museum , It was a goosebump moments...LEGEND

All i have heard are snippets of the Legend. This was an incredible documentary that opened my eyes. Ford was one of the biggest folk heroes America has produced. His criticism of the " money-changers " put him into a very precarious position as far as his place in history. I am more than half-way into the video. So far it seems balanced. I wanted to cry when i found out about " Greenfield Village ". I than wanted to cry again at the end with the death of Henry's son Edsel. This documentary is almost a Greek tragedy. I feel this documentary is a very loving - but very fair description.

There is a reason we have PBS watch this Doc for just 1 of them, Thank you PBS

This is the kind of tv show I want to watch

What an exceptional documentary.

I so enjoy PBS documentaries.

My nearly all original 1960 Ford F100 has been with me now for over 20 years. I love it like a brother and keep this documentary in mind next time I give it a spin. Impressive work, thank you very much.

He was right about everything.

I have been a Ford bloke for over 40 years, Henry was ahead of his time, I also agree with many of his world views, and people should read his book ''The International Jew'', or the the KJV as it also talks about ''them'' as well.

There is a reason why the Model T beat out all the other cars from all the other companies - the width of the wheel track exactly matched the carriage ruts left by horse-drawn vehicles; so, where other cars couldn't make it along all the muddy roads of cities at that time, the Model T could use the shallow compacted mud at the bottom of carriage wheel ruts, and drive at normal speed.

Wow What a history lesson and using all that wonderfull original footage to tell the story thanks

nobody's perfect. respect legends, learn from them, but don't worship them so we won't repeat the same mistake. great documentary!!!!!!

The archive footages that accompany the impeccable narration makes this that much more compelling….wonderful doc PBS America….

great man and he got it right on all counts.....

The one of the best entrepreneur in the world.

One of our hero. Way ahead of your time dear sir. Hope yo see more of you in this generation... God Willing

So old Henry actually turned into the very kind of person young Henry couldn't stand.

I really enjoyed watching this documentary. At the end of the day Henry Ford was a person with weaknesses like every other human. But he played a big part in the American Dream.

u are excellent at creating incredible videos, because it is a long video we do not even notice the number of minutes, but the quality that is your work.

I have a Ford car. I love it. I always dreamt of having a Ford car when I was a kid. Now I have it. Thank you Sir Henry Ford.

I enjoyed watching this documentary. Many thanks! Very interesting story and very professionally made movie.

As a guy from Detroit, Ford is a hero. A flawed hero, but after some study, most of our heroes are flawed. Great man.

The family drama throughout the documentary is intriguing. Maybe scratching the surface of the depth, of what lay under their woodpile.

Henry being an old man, he took credit for his son’s successful car design, schmuck. Henry didn’t adapt to change very well, this was the perfect time for Edsel to take over since he was modern and was in touch with younger society. The people wanted options and change since the 1920’s went roaring.

1:30:48 ? how did American Ford workers describe plant security as " The Gestapo " in the late 20s/ early 30s ?

what a shame company leaders these days don't roll up their sleeves. Too busy holding their heartless greed up.

Henry Ford is genius by all means 😊 I love American people

Henry Ford is a legend.

Wonderful, comprehensive and informative.. Love every second of it.. Big salute from Somalia 🇸🇴

This would make a Oscar winning film 🎥

Very respectable! Thank you for this production😊

Many thanks for this wonderful documentary. He is the man. Never perfect!

Background score of this Video is so amazing

A well-detailed documentary. Thank you for sharing.

God bless Henry Ford a towering figure and a inspiring man and his Model T ford's still survive today and running after 100 years after they were well built and stood the test of time amazing gentleman 🧐

This is a fascinating documentary. The actual footage used throughout, the narration and even the musical score used are all perfect for conveying the information. Made me think a lot of my Grandfather and his work with Clessie Cummins on the diesel engine and early race car in the original building in Columbus, Indiana. Thanks from Cambodia!

Wonderful documentary - thank you

Henry Ford could not do the complex math and physics when designing a car, but I heard that he had a brilliant engineer working for him who did most of the ground work and Henry would check over it, make any changes and pass it. That is how, I suppose, the model 'T' came into being. It isn't an ordinary car, upon closer look you can see it has many aspects of a properly engineered vehicle for the time when proper roads were few and especially the rural folk were far out in the outback. The railways had laid the foundations for connecting the country and Henry must have thought the car would do the same at a personal level. The 'Fordlandia' project was mentioned, but in passing toward the end. I think this was one of Henry's brilliant projects to warrant in depth presentation. Ford also had an assembly plant in Japan back then, which churned out cars in tendem with Japanese home grown manufacturers. I am not sure if Ford had in Henry's time a plant in India, which is a major market (GM had an assembly plant there in the 30's), and latin America.

Watching because I want to see if his papers get covered. Edit. Just finished watching. Fantastic documentary 👏 👏👏 The brilliant and the pathetic, the genius and the fool, well done. No wonder he was the "creator" of the society of a brave world. T Have you done Dr Kellogg yet? Another similarly visionary genius and fool.

A Brilliantly put together documentary of the Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. I had a potted knowledge but you explained so well the many gaps. Thank you for a very informative and excellently compared Film. Take a Bow all who contributed to making a Brilliant Biography of Henry Ford. I felt so terribly sorry for his son RIP Edsel.

Wow, what a riveting story. Thanks

This must be the most well put together documentary I've seen . Well done

Really Enjoyed that. Fascinating I live Essex outskirts of E.London U.K had a massive Ford Plant Dagenham. All my youth pretty much dominated the area. Employment Dad worked there his dad then you. Every 1 drove a Ford. Like all car manufacturers here in u.k all gone. Little bit remains. Small engine dept.

Facinating. I have always adored classic cars, and even painted pictures of them. What history. A man to both be admired and detested. His poor son never got his dues and died from the misty of his father . What a visionary Henry Ford was. Such a shame to be such a bully and controller.

Wow! This was some high quality stuff. Thank you! Very interesting and very well made ❤

tks for this documentary!

one of the smartest man in human history

He was an outlier...his genius came about after 30 years old..rare

he never smoked he never drank!! MY MAN

George Westinghouse not only came first, but he did a lot more to usher on the modern world that we live in. It's wrong to give all the credit to Henry Ford alone.

Excellent documentary, thank you

Fordlandia, one can criticize him for some things there, but rubber, back in the day was seriously silly to get. The prices jumped up and down free willy nilly. So the idea to have his own rubber plantation was really really smart.

She in my opinion is a verry credible witness I believe her 100 percent can't wait for episode 2 keep the good work up we have a right to know the truth

Great job PBS. Thanks guys good documentary

Nice doco, very informative.

A great man that changed the world but refused to accept change around him

This reminds me of one of my dearest friends and mentors Bill Beckie

Thank you for an honest, well researched and presented look at a remarkable man. He was a visionary and genius…but he was deeply flawed, and the two sides of his nature could never be at peace. Despite his best efforts, his Son remained a good man, and raised his own children without the prejudices and narcissism of his Father, thanks, I’m sure to his Mother’s influence.🖤🇨🇦

Henry Ford for president ...today !

My grandfather knew the Fords. I have photos of him with the Ford family. I never knew the history until now

Wow congrats galing naman so great inspired to you'

Great documentary, thank you. 1:49:39 My only quibble is with "the most influential industrialist of his time" claim. Production lines remain to this day but I suggest the spreading of AC power by Tesla was even more influential.

Another great doc!

Inspiring!

A very well-done documentary. Thanks for the creators.

Very informative - to know the corporate practices he used and how he bungled the right of workers to unionize; at the personal level, it is inspiring to know how hard work and passion can lead to success. I wonder, for social responsibility, did he put up a foundation or an organization to perpetuate his ideas?

A flawed genius, a man of the people with his $5/day stunt, and then has those same workers beaten up by Bennett's thugs. A very informative documentary, realy enjoyed it.

You can tell by the way he swings an ax, he is the real deal.

What a great documentary.

Great docu ...

Thank you

An outstanding personality with extreme innovation and dynamics. Not very known, he invented a car mainly built and powered by hemp. Too bad that didn’t evolve. I can’t understand why he was a strong antisemite and even supported the Nazis quite heavily. Well, even in a brilliant mind , some crude weirdness can hide. But it definitely wasn’t fair to reduce him on this facet, even when it’s standing out that significant. Great documentary 👍🪬👀🇨🇭

Brilliant documentary. Very sad about his son and the internal stress he suffered

Great story telling

Hey Mate. You are great at what you do. Keep it up. I love your videos.

Wow! That was fantastic. I did not know how much of an influence Henry Ford had on America. So much happened during his lifetime. Super interesting documentary!

One of most respected technocrat, businessman

Determination!!! 💥

Henry ford: Join the team or get out! That’s great!

great narration guys

4:31 Childhood. Genius who fled an oppressive father 7:26 Never forget the feeling of isolation living on the farm. Building a type of cheap car that everybody could have. 11:28 Wants to create a car for the people, not an expensive one to sell to wealthy people. Hate the people who invested with him. 13:28 Mobil race. You can be reckless and take such risks that you can't be afraid of failure. 17:03 Charisma, vision, and dream. His mind went to the farmer and to the people who lived in the hinterland. 18:55 Development. 20:33 The T model only sells for $850, the average is $2000. Ordering is. 23:40 Ford wants his son to spend as much time as possible in the factory. Tougher on son than anyone else. They are creating problems and solving them. 25:00 Bussiness is to sell cheap products. To break through. Assembling one car takes 12 hours and 13 minutes. 28:45 Efficiency of time. Boring time, the sound of the machine. 31:40 Strategy of repeat workers. Secret meeting. 35:00 Same work but different income. 36:21 Seems more uninteresting with money than in being in the public spotlight. Money did not change him. Still love nothing more than home-cooked meals and afternoons working on the farm. Genious adventure with simple taste. Hardworking, mechanical genius. 38:45 The ego 40:51 43:40 Home 55:56 Ego, being the center of the spotlight 58:25 Hate wallstreet and investor 1:00:08 Support 1:03:17 Published the article: Jews, control, manipulate world, link to Wall Street, etc 1:05:45 1:07:02 He deemed about Jews 1:11:32 Tension 1:14:11 1:14:57 Announcement of the new car 1:17:18 Never forgave 1:18:30 Big factories at the Rouge River under his control and leadership. 75k employes 1:24:10 Hometown, Nostalgia, hate the Rouge, love Greenfield Village 1:27:32 Crisis, stock market, layoff 1:32:13 Tension 1:32:58 Edsel style. Weak. Spy. Henry doesn't like alcohol. 1:36:55 Tension, Bennett's thugs were ready. Bennet, son 1:41:26 Chaos

Outstanding 🦘🌏😎👍

In his 1927 autobiography, he stated, if I had asked, they would say they wanted faster horses.

What does Lee van Cleef on 40:28? Never knew he worked on the Ford plant.

Nice documentary.

Good old Henry certainly proved war being good for business to be correct

A man well ahead of his time

Ford is one of the 100 geniuses who lived throughout history

The United States needs an Industrial Policy that rebuilds Manufacturing and the Middle Class

Great Tv series!

He wasn't just inventor car maker . He was deep thinker and he understands what is wrong with a world back then , probably to these days . One of a kind Henry Ford .

he's alien level

Good job bud keep it up

Excellent documentary. Conflicting because on one hand Henry Ford was a giant of the 20th century, visionary and shaper of modern industrial America and the world. Yet also a person with many personality traits that fair minded people despise and revile from both then and especially now. So no doubting his genius but it tempers the admiration. somewhat.

Seeing these comments disturb me. Ford was an incredible figure, but if you watched this and only have blind praise, you were not paying attention.