The Story of Ford: From the Model T to the Mustang

The story of the Ford Motor Company, from a Michigan farmhouse in 1863 to the F-150 pickups that come down the line at the Rouge today. Along the way come Henry Ford and the Quadricycle, the Model T and how you drove one, the moving assembly line, the five-dollar day and its conditions, the Rouge plant, the V-8, the Thunderbird, the Edsel, the Mustang of 1964, and the years the company nearly went under. Clear narration over photographs and film from open archives. This is an independent history, not affiliated with or endorsed by any company. Chapters 00:00 A Cold Morning Start 01:37 The Farm Boy 03:12 The Quadricycle 04:43 The Third Company 06:29 The Model T 08:01 The Moving Line 10:10 Five Dollars a Day 11:52 The Rouge 13:35 The Stubborn Years 15:19 Model A and V-8 16:56 The Old Man 18:42 The Grandson 21:00 Thunderbird and Edsel 22:46 The Mustang 24:19 Hard Years 26:13 Ford Today Film from Wikimedia Commons: Kathinka Engels, Sounds of Changes (CC BY 3.0, 1 item); Polygoon Hollands Nieuws (CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, 1 item); Chris Cafiero (CC BY 3.0, 1 item). Pictures from Wikimedia Commons: Eric Polk (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); formulanone (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); w_lemay (CC BY-SA 2.0, 10 items); Steve Morgan (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Sicnag (CC BY 2.0, 4 items); Michael Barera (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2 items); Arvind Govindaraj (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); Jackdude101 (CC BY-SA 4.0, 4 items); Iwao (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); BrokenSphere (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); bertknot (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); Emmanuel Huybrechts (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); Bidgee (CC BY-SA 3.0 au, 1 item); William Creswell (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); Joe Ross (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); Greg Gjerdingen (CC BY 2.0, 4 items); ajay_suresh (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); Saul Vielmetti (CC BY-SA 4.0, 2 items); Hennem08 (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item); MercurySable99 (CC BY-SA 4.0, 5 items); Johann Jaritz (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Coolalabright (CC BY 4.0, 1 item); Neil (CC BY 2.0, 1 item); Dwight Burdette (CC BY 3.0, 1 item); MrWalkr (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Anthony Conti (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); Calreyn88 (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Al R (CC BY-SA 2.0, 1 item); Ermell (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); LukaCali (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Ford Motor Company (CC BY 3.0, 2 items); Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz) (CC BY-SA 4.0, 1 item); Aaron Zhu (CC BY-SA 3.0, 1 item). License texts: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/au/deed.en, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/nl/deed.en, creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0.