Henry Ford on PBS

I couldn't get over the size of the Rouge plant and the amount of raw materials that went in and the cars that went out. We will never see something like this in America again, sad!
 
blucar said:
Before I stated my own business, I worked for a company for almost fourteen years that was owned by a man very similar to Henry Ford.. The owner, Jim, was a Russian immigrant to the U.S. during the early 1920's.. He went to work for the "company" shortly there-after. During the Great Depression the company went broke.. Jim had nowhere to go so he slept in the storeroom while he tried to find work to support himself..
Through Jim's hard work and good business sense, he built the company into the largest of it's type in the U.S., Fifty-eight branches scattered across the country.
Jim was ruthless, yet he was very fair, if you did your job, you were well rewarded.. I never drove my own car to work for fourteen years, always had a company car...
The company had two big motto's; "everyone is expendable, and the real big one, what do you do with an old pair of shoes?"..
I can truthfully say that my fourteen years with the "Company" made me a better man, preparing me for the future and the success that my own company enjoyed..
Strong people like Henry Ford is what built the U.S., sure he had his faults, don't we all, however the pluses out weigh the minuses...
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Well said.
 
My first pair by cowboy boots I got from a car at a salvage.

My last pair of work shoes I got this month with a car from salvage; along with:
a necklace with a cross, a dream catcher, an enamel cook pot with lid.

Lot's of innovation in the 20th & 21st century making life better, future looks good!
 
I caught the last half of the show on PBS, I thought it was interesting and it did cover a lot of the life of Henry Ford. Being a television producer, I am well aware of the time constraints imposed. It is very difficult to tell an in-depth story in an hour or two. I was disappointed in the small amount of coverage given to Edsel and his accomplishments (which one could argue, saved the Ford Motor Company from ruin in the 1930's). The archival footage was excellent and the story line and narrative were as well, even though the producers left out large chunks of Ford history in the program.
 
I was fortunate to tour the Rouge plant and Greenfield VIllage in the 50s on a class trip which gave me some appreciation of the work of my autoworker father. Amazing to see raw materials turned into the end product and the factory floor was overwhelming.
Guess it contributed to my lifelong automania.....

An excellent documentary but I would expect so with a substantial share of $445,000,000 of government funding in 2012:

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/wa...things-the-government-spends-more-on-than-pbs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporation_for_Public_Broadcasting
 
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