The Henry Ford Documentary : A Biography

This essay is about a man named Henry ford who joined the car industries that got a company named after him and got built the first car the ford modal a. before he made the ford modal a though he make other cars the model t and the model tt. They also built a motorized carriage when they first started the company.Also after that they built some famous cars like the mustang and the maverick. There were lots of other things that were built by him and his childhood will be found in this essay.

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This paper will go into detail about the young life, career and adult life of Henry Ford. Henry ford’s young life, in this paper will consist of his childhood. The paper will then describe all of his education and early jobs. Finally, this paper will conclude with Henry Ford’s adult life and home life (what he did when he wasn’t working), his career’s work and the impact Henry had on American History. This paper should help the reader better understand the life of Henry Ford: Who he was? Who he is? And why he was so vital to our American History.

Henry Ford revolutionized the way people traveled throughout the nation of the United States. A short time after the first model T rolled off of the assembly line, Mr. Ford found the need to create a vehicle that would ease the burden of caring for the horses that pulled the wagons and saved time for his fellow workers. The model T pickup was born! No more horses to care for, no more strapping the carriage to the horse, and defiantly no more poop to scoop. How did Mr. Ford create so much value for the people? By recognizing there was a need to take care of, a want to fulfill, and a demand to meet.

Henry Ford created a way to manufacture cars that would change America’s manufacturing process for the better, a method that to this day is still being used to this day.

Henry Ford is famous and well known as a businessman, founder of the Ford Motor Company, and helped in the development of the assembly line. Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 in Michigan. His mother was Mary Litogot Ford and his father was William Ford. They raised their son, Henry, on a farm in Wayne County, Michigan. Henry Ford was very unhappy with working at the farm he was raised on. He had a gift for taking apart and reconstructing timepieces(Biography.com Editors). At the very young age of just sixteen years old, he left to Detroit to become a machinist. Following his departure to Detroit, he developed the skill to operate and service steam engines. Later on in Ford’s life, he met and married a woman named Clara Ala Bryant. In order for him to provide and support his wife, he went back to the life working on the farm. He worked on the farm until 1876 when his mother passed away. He worked as a farmer for three years until he got hired for a job as an engineer. He then started the building and creation of automobiles(Biography.com Editors). The creation of the Model T was one of the most influential invention of its time period because of the new form of transportation, development of assembly line and further production by Henry Ford, and revolutionizing of the Model T and automobile industry.

One of which was the assembly line, which today has heightened mass production and remodeled factories and industries all around the world (Curcio). Without mass production today, factories would be extremely slow and it would take over 24 hours to put together a modern day automobile, considering all of the newly added gadgets. Although, from these achievements, many believe that Henry Ford brought positive change to the “American standard of living,” through the development of the Model T, the assembly line and many other industries, his positive impact is overshadowed by his anti semitic views and his mistreatment of his workers. Henry Ford is widely considered as a hero towards the auto industry. He invented an automobile that for years to come would provide transportation to many americans.

Henry Ford was one of the most brilliant entrepreneurs in creating the automobile assembly line, it was his controversial characteristics and unorthodox approach towards administrating the Ford Motor Company which resulted in the conglomeration of one of the most successful corporations in the world. At the turn of the century everything was booming! The growth of the economy and stock market increased the job opportunities as well as morals. As a result of this industrial revolution, out of the woodwork came a humble yet driven man, Henry Ford. Between the five dollar/day plan, his policies on administrating the company, and his relations with his customers, Ford was often presented as a suspicious character. This

Henry Ford was an engineer from Detroit, Michigan who had an idea. By 1902, Ford had attempted several times to produce a gas powered vehicle, but with little capital, he realized that his attempts were futile. Ford approached a man by the name of Alexander T. Malcomson about the possibility of manufacturing an automobile. Malcomson, a friend of the family and wealthy coal merchant was reluctant at first but finally agreed with Ford, and decided to assit Ford financially with his endeavor. With Malcomsons investment and Ford's engineering skills a partnership was formed and in mid June of 1903, papers of incorporation for the Ford Motor Company were filed in Dearborn, Michigan.

I wish that Douglas Brinkley had spent more time delving into Henry Ford’s childhood, what Henry Ford was doing while he was being accused for being for the Nazi’s side during World War ll, and if anyone else tried the five-dollar-a-day-wage. To begin, I feel as of the biography would have been better if it had more information about Henry Ford’s childhood. I found from my other research that Ford spent most of his childhood in a one room school and doing farm chores. Knowing that from previous research, it would be useful to know how he performed in school. Next, I really would have wanted to know what Henry Ford was doing while he was being accused to be on the Nazi’s side(449-451). For example, in Wheels for the World it says that he and

Machines running, hammers dropping, and drills drilling are the sounds of Henry Ford’s revolutionary assembly line. Henry Ford grew up in the late eighteenth century during the industrial revolution. There were no electric lights, only gas lamps and candles. Horses and trains were the only cost effective way of transportation for the public. When Henry Ford was a child, he saw a steam driven car on the road and was mesmerized. At this point, he knew he longed to become a mechanic that works on cars. At the age of sixteen, Henry Ford got a job as an apprentice machinist in Detroit at the Detroit Dry Dock Company. Three years later he returned to work on the family farm, and became adept at operating the

Henry Ford was the world’s most influential leader. From founding one of the worlds most successful car companies, to having a major influence on WWI, he has profoundly shaped the 20th century and left an impact on every single one of our lives. Although Mr. Ford is considered one of the wealthiest and most commonly known people in the world, Ford was founded by his hard work and dedication to supply a perfect product. At one point half the cars on the road worldwide were his famous model-t. As the company expanded he slowly began to make Ford more independent, such as purchasing acres of land for wood, purchasing land for rubber trees, and even having his own line of specialty glass blowers. Mr. Ford strived to give his customers the best deal possible, constantly finding ways do drop the price of his cars so they could be available to all. He has risen the standards not only in business but in the innovative world as well. Overall it is safe to say Henry Ford embodies success and has given the American Dream a new definition, he has truly inspired us all.

     When you think about Ford, an automobile will usually come to mind. Most people don’t think about the man behind that name, Henry Ford. Henry Ford was the man responsible for the Ford Motor Company (FMC). He was also the creator of the invention that changed the mass production industry, the assembly line. As you read on you will learn about Henry Ford’s life, the FMC, and the assembly line.

When trying to make connections between democracy and capitalism, and how they play a role in our everyday society, looking closely at the emergence of a powerful company can be very informative. Throughout the documentary Henry Ford American Experience, we are introduced to the humble beginnings of the one well-known company in today’s society, the Ford Motor Company. With the in-depth account of the creator himself, Henry Ford and the focus on the labor practices used in his company, one can understand how the establishment came to be.

In 1908 Henry Ford had constructed the Model T; the time it took him to create this automobile was 13 days. Now eager to achieve more, Ford knew that he needed a place to construct these cars. He also knew that to sell mass amounts he would have to sell cheap, and buy parts and supplies even cheaper (Douglas, 25). The construction of the first Ford Motor plant used the world’s only conveyer belt. This was part of the Fords plan to build fast, when he constructed the assembly line cars were pumped out in as fast as 15 minuets, this was down from 19 days. Ford was able to make the automobile a car for everyman, a working man with a family.