Details
- Running time
- 20 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- Assembly_Lines_of_Defense
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · "We'll just build a house right in front of the plant" · Spuzz · 2012-06-11
Excellent documetnary here about the first assembly line plant dedicated to tanks. Situated close to Detrot, this plant produced thousands of tanks in WWII (and onwards). Really quite well done document of how this plant was built and how they built the first (and second!) tank. Lots of familiar shots for those of you familiar with car documentaries (they do like their montage shots (but interestingly, this wasnt made by Jam Handy)) Great stuff. A MUST SEE on this site!
★★★ · Rah, Rah, Rah! · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-02-08
Yes, the Chrysler Corporation and its workers are ready, willing and able to overcome any adversity to build equipment to win thr war!! Martial music fills the soundtrack, while the narrator spews on and on about the construction of an arsenal building. Stock shots find their way into the footage, including some of cars along that split-off road in Chicago. The film was made pre-war; there was a preview showing at the eighth annual convention of the Michigan Truckers Association in Sept. 1941 (according to the Automotive News publication that month). The film has no credits other than…