Henry Ford's Relationship With His Only Son Was Much CRUELER Than You Thought

Henry Ford's Relationship With His Only Son Was Much CRUELER Than You Thought The official story is short. Edsel Ford, president of the Ford Motor Company for twenty-four years, died at home on Lake St. Clair at forty-nine, of stomach cancer. The newspapers called him the quiet son of a great man. But the record names a second illness beside the cancer, and it came from his father's own farms. Edsel bought Lincoln, shaped the Model A, gave America the Continental and paid for the Rivera murals in Detroit. His father fired the men who agreed with him, cancelled the deals he made in Washington and, by one insider's account, tore down a plant the moment his son finished building it. When Edsel asked for modern brakes, the answer in front of the board was four words. Six days after the funeral, Henry Ford took the title back. It took a widow's threat to sell her shares to end it. And it all comes back to a glass of milk. Chapters: 00:00 — The Official Story 02:43 — ACT I — THE RISE 06:47 — ACT II — THE FACADE 12:39 — ACT III — THE CRACK 17:57 — ACT IV — THE RECKONING 20:34 — ACT V — THE AFTERMATH Source Material Visual material used in this production is obtained from publicly accessible archives, including Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Copyright & Fair Use Notice This channel incorporates copyrighted material under the principles of Fair Use as recognized by U.S. law. Under Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act, certain uses of copyrighted works such as for analysis, commentary, educational purposes, research, and reporting are permitted without prior authorization from the copyright holder. Sources Edsel Ford, Encyclopedia of Business Leaders (George S. May) — https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/s... How Henry Ford Almost Wrecked His Company, American Heritage — https://www.americanheritage.com/how-... Tycoons: Life with Henry, TIME, October 8, 1951 — https://time.com/archive/6796864/tyco... The Ford Family at Willow Run, Michigan Tech — https://ss.sites.mtu.edu/mhugl/2015/1... Funeral of Edsel Ford, 1943, The Henry Ford — https://www.thehenryford.org/collecti... #documentary #history #HenryFord #EdselFord