Tour the stages of Ford Motor Company's assembly lines producing the coupe, runabout, and Tudor sedan
Mass production of the Ford Model T. By bringing parts to the assembly line on a conveyor system and by limiting assembly workers to simple, repetitive tasks, the Ford Motor Company was able to produce thousands of Model T's a day. This film clip from the mid-1920s shows the coupe, the runabout, and the Tudor sedan rolling out of the assembly plant.
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