| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 120 min.) : sound, color and black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen; 5.1 Surround. |
| Credits |
Editor, Sabrina Zanella-Foresi ; original music by John Kusiak and P. Andrew Willis ; cinematographer, John Baynard. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on television as part of the television series the American experience. |
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"The world he created he longed to escape." - Container. |
| Contents |
The natural-born tinkerer -- Ford Motor Company incorporates -- Institutionalizing efficiency -- Five-dollar day revolutionizes industry -- High wages with strings attached -- Boardroom takeover -- An opinionated folk hero -- The end of the Model T -- River Rouge & Greenfield Village -- Labor battles during the Great Depression -- Edsel's death -- Ford's legacy. |
| Summary |
The television program Henry Ford paints a fascinating portrait of a farm boy who rose from obscurity to become the most influential American innovator of the 20th century. Ford's Model T automobile and his five-dollar-a-day wage ushered in the modern world, earning Ford reverence from millions of Americans. Yet many of the changes he wrought deeply troubled the car maker. In frustration, he battled his workers and bullied those who looked up to him, including his only son. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Oliver Platt. |
| Language |
Subtitled in English for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
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Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
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Automobile industry executives -- Biography.
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Automobile industry and trade -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Platt, Oliver.
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Colt, Sarah.
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Kusiak, John.
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Willis, P. Andrew.
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Baynard, John.
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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American Experience Films.
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WGBH (Firm)
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
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| Added Title |
American experience (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9781608838356 |
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1608838358 |
| Standard No. |
841887018388 |
| Music No. |
HEFO601 PBS |
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