30 Brutal Truths About Working the Ford Assembly Line in the 1920s

The Five Dollar Day Had a Price: 30 Hard Truths From Henry Ford's Assembly Line in the Roaring Twenties They called it the miracle of Detroit. The men who worked it remembered something different. We count down thirty brutal truths about life on the Ford assembly line in the 1920s, drawn from Henry Ford's words, the engineers who timed every motion, and the memories of the line men themselves. Some of these truths made headlines. Others were never told. And the one that cost the most may surprise you. 📚 Sources and Further Reading Henry Ford with Samuel Crowther, My Life and Work (1922) Horace L. Arnold and Fay L. Faurote, Ford Methods and the Ford Shops (1915) Stephen Meyer III, The Five Dollar Day: Labor Management and Social Control in the Ford Motor Company, 1908–1921 (1981) Keith Sward, The Legend of Henry Ford (1948) David A. Hounshell, From the American System to Mass Production, 1800–1932 (1984) Beth Tompkins Bates, The Making of Black Detroit in the Age of Henry Ford (2012) Samuel S. Marquis, Henry Ford: An Interpretation (1923) Charles E. Sorensen, My Forty Years with Ford (1956) Harry Bennett, We Never Called Him Henry (1951) Benson Ford Research Center at The Henry Ford, Dearborn, Michigan, for the Owen W. Bombard oral history reminiscences of Ford workers and engineers ℹ️ About This Channel This video is made for educational and informational purposes. Our goal is to widen your knowledge of American history and give you real, well-researched content about the people who built this country with their hands. Every script is written by a human, and the visuals and storyboard are brainstormed by our own team. If your family has a story from the Ford line or any Detroit plant, please share it in the comments. We read every one.