Crazy how they made those crankshafts. Thank you workers of days past for making my '37 Chevy. Neat to see how it was made and the work and effort put into it.

I worked as a Mill Wright mechanic for most of my career and those huge presses would be a real challenge to do major repairs on. Cool film to see!

Yes Johnny, that's right, America used to make, not just assemble, things.

Fantastic. These are images I've waited a lifetime to see. Body mold presses. As a machinist and engineer, this is fascinating to watch. Imagine the strength some of those guys had, wrestling with slugs of steel all day. Some rough conditions there.

What blows my mind is this-this is 1936, less than 50 years before people were getting around on horses. Machines like this were never even dreamed of. It just amazes me how fast and far technology has advanced since 1900.

It amazes me that the orchestra can play perfectly despite the high temperatures

That foundry work must have felt like hell, literally..the heat, the heat, the sheer physical labour, and the danger of molten iron...

This is an excellent classic auto manufaturing video. I am glad it has been preserved for internet browser to see.

When the middle class had a say in America. It's sad to see it all gone. These guys worked hard for or a living.

Never imagined that back in the days were such sophisticated machines and tools, that made the construction of the car so easy

Wow it’s so amazing to watch. Theses are the kind of men that built America 🇺🇸 and made it strong. How disappointed they would be in today’s standards.

Video's on UKposts and elsewhere for that matter, just don't get any better than this. Thanks so much for posting!

Amazing to see so much physical energy going into the building by humans. Wow, people today have no clue what a days work really is.

Absolutely astounding what hard working people can and do accomplish. 👍🏻

Back when America took pride in production and highest quality of craftsmanship. We need to revive the skills of these "Master hands" and apply them to the 21st century!

This is the era in which my father lived, wow... I had no idea they were so advanced. Sad to see that it's almost all gone today, what have we done?!

The next year, 1937, the Chevrolet 6 went to four main bearings. Imagine the retooling required in that crankshaft forging department!

As a former Navy and retired Merchant Marine engineer who loves all things mechanical especially steam powered equipment, having this show up in my feed today was awesome! Thank you

Beautiful. I love how it is described as a drama, it absolutely is. And a complex symphony carried out in order to achieve life serving values. Bless the men who built these cars from the assembly workers, designers to the tool makers and yes the capitalists who brought it all together. I tried to Shazam the music about 10 minutes from the end, no match found sadly.

Library of Congress description: Master Hands (1936) Henry Jamison "Jam" Handy pioneered the corporate promotional film in the early 1920s, and his Jam Handy Organization, officed in Detroit, claimed General Motors among its chief clients. Handy originally created "Master Hands" to promote Chevrolet products to existing and prospective stock holders, but its success lasted for decades, including a stint as a wartime morale booster and later as a training film. It portrays factory workers as masters over the raw materials they bend to their will, as emphasized by Samuel Benavie's score and cinematographer Gordon Avril's artsy lighting and composition. The Jam Handy Organization continued producing films into the 1960s, amassing some 7,000 films over 40 years.

Man that was an amazing video; the time, effort and amount of team work required to make such a masterpiece! And now the automakers just pump out crap. It sad to see how much heart and soul went into automobiles compared to what we have nowadays

Very impressive that era was Amazing to see everyone working together and the machines was Awesome the presses the line putting it all together truly a orchestra of people working running the machines .

Wow, this is amazing - the level of automation isn't that different from a modern factory!

The guys doing the crankshaft are some bad tough dudes man, hard-core looking work very impressive

The mass moving assembly lines for the frames is a mechanical marvel, looks really complex

I love watching this video every time it pops up. I’ve had the pleasure of seeing some of these machines in real life, and even worked on a couple. They were all worn out by the time I got to work with them.

Love these old films, great collection

Incredible film...thanks for sharing. I watched to see if I could spot my grandfather, who worked there for 25 yrs. ...1928-1953. Quite the eye opener. Those men worked their tails off in incredibly harsh conditions. Grandpa Sid kept all his digits, but was deaf from all the mechanized noises. On a funny note, he always drove a Rambler...ha! No, I didn't see him in the film.

When i remember what i see in car factorys today there were great efforts. Roboter for the hard work and so on. But this guys were very skilled and did a great job.

Amazing video ! All that work, with so many people involved... and you could buy a new car for around $2,500. Also, that's when Americans took pride in craftsmanship.

A dime a dozen back then, today, priceless! I wonder what those boys would think if they saw their cars are STILL on the road! My 2 daily drivers are 51 years and counting.

What a technology. Men effort with efficiency.. great dedication and perfection.. luv it..

This is the manufacturing and production might that retooled almost overnight and started producing the equipment and weapons of war 5 years later in 1941 and continued nonstop for the duration of the war. And then started making cars again when it was over.

Amazing how everything was in sync despite the lack of computers to automate it

hard working Americans. thanks for the upload.

Those engines had 79 hp if you wanted to know

simply amazing. Documentation of a revolution that changed this country forever.

automated frame welding line in 1936 !!! this is some amazing stuff !

Interesting. I am quite impressed over the advanced techinc they have so early. Thanks for sharing!

What incredibly dangerous work environments! Beautiful fit and finish by these craftsmen.

I'm surprised how good the engine castings were back then.

Around 15.35min what was he listening for?

CHEVROLET IS MY FAVORITE CAR.

Anyone that wonder why the US turned WWll needs to see this. These men were beastly!

That is so cool I've always wanted to see how crankshafts were forged..

Anyone watching in 2052? 😁😁😁

Great video, but OSHA would have a collective cow over the lack of machine guards and hearing protection. The proximity of the rivet setters to the riveting heads on the frame line could just not be done today. But this film is one that GM paid Jam Handy to produce, so they were not ashamed of any of the working conditions in the plant, and put the film out for public viewing. By the standards of the day, working conditions were better than most places one could work.

the sit down strike started in Dec. 1936.

A man did not want to go to work in that day with a bad hangover. He would be eaten by the machinery! It's amazing how little protection those dudes wore. I can also see why there was so much labor strife in the 30's even though good jobs were scarce.

While astounding to see cars made, even more astounding is who designed and built all of the automated machinery!!

Elegant design of the introduction and captions!

So cool!!... Back when car making was a proud American heritage!

Love this and this was the American way

Sebelum alat2 produksi canggih, orang2 ini cara berfikirnya sudah canggih. Betul2 mengutamakan kualitas dari hasil yang di kerjakan nya.

I watch this and DEW line videos over and over never gets old

cool video --- I never really thought about how 'hand made' the cars were at that time.

If only cars could still be built like this

The background music reminds me of watching black and white TV back in the early 60's. Oh, the drama.

Excelente trabajo con la mano de obra humana muy bien gracias

This makes me proud to have a Chevrolet small-block engine in my Opel Diplomat :-) Great movie !

Pretty much all these jobs were manual that’s why their products were solid

Wie gefähtlich und stumpf eintönige Arbeit, ich hätte nach einer Woche wahrscheinlich meinen ersten Finger verloren...

This is one of the best videos I've seen in a long time

Building classic cars was real craftmanship!

wow, those presses are huge, as amazing as it is to watch, someone had to design then build these monsters

Greetings from southern Ontario Canada my family owns an original 1940 maclaughlin Buick I'm 50 years old and it passed onto me at age 25 after a family member passed away

Anyone know what the music at at 6:29 is? I know I've heard it before!

One big accident waiting to happen...must've been a lot of missing fingers and thumbs around Michigan in those days....the foundry operation is just scary to watch....

Chevroley był pierwszyą marką produkującą seryjnie samochody w Polsce dziękuje za film ;)

wow it's amazing how things have improve it's amazing how things continue to improve.

How did they manage to pull that "Sobel edge detection" effect between 1:08 and 1:32?? That's pretty advanced for the time!!!

our first new car was a Chevrolet 210 4 door black sedan with Powerglide. In 1936, they did pretty good for the day.

So interesting to see the casting of iron. Thx!

Your right. A man of fifty hears old in 1900 looked like 70. I have noticed that too.

Omg just awesome video feeling like must needed a time traveling machine need to drive those cars..... my god super video thanks to the uploader 😀

Hot, dirty, hard work that must be done! A tribute to the industrious American!

One of the coolest videos I've seen on You Tube, Awesome!

My dad, Ford man, said that General Motors was in the Bible, so that’s why I’m here. He said they were the masters of creeping things on earth, so that’s my curiosity here. And I agree with zudmaster about technology and look where we are now. If the Japanese had not hit our shores, we’d still be getting crap out of Detroit. Remember the misaligned chrome, rattles, etc!

great video love these old factory video. One of the best I have seen

I wish Chevrolet could figure out how to make white paint stick to a work van.

Muy bueno. Excelente film......cuanta historia y cuanta habilidad habia

I worked for the Budd co. in the Red LIon plant stamping out frame parts while layed off from the rail car division, those people WORKED HARD. I was always happy to return to building trains!

No computers to aid with production, everything is analog and no components made of plastic. What a time.

Unglaublich wie viele Menschen damals in den Fabriken gearbeitet haben und welche jobs jeder einzelne stunden lang am tag machen musste, meist scheinbar nur ein handgriff und das den ganzen tag. Aber sehr spektakulär, ich bin fasziniert

So beautiful amazing video of good Old days ❤

waooo what a era what a people 👍👍

OHV Sixes...a Chevy trademark for generations!

Did you catch the assembler carrying a ten pound steel mallet into the interior of a car? Gee, wondering what might have required a little “adjustment.” Haha.

Amazing to watch and also scary at how lacking in safety it was back in the day compared to modern factories. Guess men back then where real hard men to work in such conditions. Imagine todays OHS watching this and freaking out lol.

Awsome ! This video is like time traveling.

OMG body on frame, rear leaf springs, cast iron engines, I want one!😍

Seriously: AMAZING.

Estes são verdadeiros artistas!!!

It takes 1000 machines to build 1 machine (the car). Imagine the plans for building this assembly-line-factory. Making sure it takes the same amount of time to make 1 engine, 1 chassis, 1 rear axle assembly, 1 front axle assembly. Each part and each sub-assembly takes the same amount of time to make so they can all join up on the main line. Mindblowing!

Extremely skilled men back in 1936 , a bygone era with true craftsman like pattern makers , foundry men and tool and die makers designing master tool stamping dies and jigs. Check out the forged Crankshafts being stamped from the die plates made with tolerances of just a few thousands of an inch, by hand using only vernier calipers and slide rules ! This was long before the introduction of CAD drawings or computer modeling , Very Impressive ! 👍

was those small cylinder lookin hole form they made in the first few mins for the lifters ?

this made joseph göbbels green with envy. he could only hope to produce something like this.

Cars built by mechanics rather than assemblers, pretty amazing to watch.

I would like to hear some music from Devo as part of this soundtrack.

✝️🇺🇸👍 truly amazes me every time I watch one of these thanks for the video