Dodge Built Ford Parts. Then It Built Its Own Car

Dodge helped build Ford's early cars before introducing an automobile of its own in 1914. What changed when a component supplier began choosing, assembling and selling the complete product? Follow the later factory film, the package offered to buyers and the route from manufacturing capability to a car brand. The moving archive is circa 1917, after the 1914 decision. The preserved 1918 touring car record and 1919 production/shareholding evidence are identified separately. The company film shows selected operations and demonstrations; it does not measure advertising-driven sales or every owner's experience. Footage: Dodge Motor Cars (circa 1917), Dodge Brothers Motors. Original silent historical film, preserved by the Academy Film Archive with source material from the New Zealand Film Archive and support from the National Film Preservation Foundation. Specific original public-domain copy: https://archive.org/details/dodge-mot... . Historical marks imply no endorsement. Sources: Dodge/Stellantis historical account: https://blog.stellantisnorthamerica.c... The Henry Ford, original stockholders and stock research guide: https://askus.thehenryford.org/resear... The Henry Ford, 1918 Dodge Brothers Touring Car: https://www.thehenryford.org/collecti... Film provenance and historical trade-report context: https://www.filmpreservation.org/pres...