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Chronicles the rise of Henry Ford from machinist and engineer to powerful industrialist. Examines his development of an automobile affordable to the masses and his institution of the five-dollar-a-day wage. Explores his disapproval of organized labor and his antagonistic relationship with his son.

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Corporate Author: WGBH (Firm)
Other Authors: Colt, Sarah (Screenwriter, Producer, Director), Dobrowski, Helen Ryan (Producer), Platt, Oliver (Narrator), Watts, Steven, 1952- (Commentator), Brinkley, Douglas (Commentator), Staudenmaier, John M. (Commentator), Grandin, Greg, 1962- (Commentator), Lichtenstein, Nelson (Commentator), Kusiak, John (composer (expression)), Willis, P. Andrew (composer (expression)), Baynard, John (director of photography.)
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: [Arlington, Va.] : PBS : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2013]
Series:American experience
Subjects:
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947.
Inventors > United States > Biography.
Industrialists > United States > Biography.
Automobile industry and trade > United States > History.
Biographical television programs.
Historical television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television series.
Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
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Table of 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.

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