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flywheel magneto on Ford assembly line

Watch a comic silent movie highlighting the weaknesses of Henry Ford's Model T automobile

Tour the stages of Ford Motor Company's assembly lines producing the coupe, runabout, and Tudor sedan

How Henry Ford's assembly line revolutionized factory production

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Henry Ford

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A model 'T' Ford motor-car outside a suburban house, 1924.

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