behind you on the wall is the only image of henry ford's mother, mary ford. the images on the table or interesting. henry ford was born battle of gettysburg. two of -- john was killed early in the war. this is the dining room. a later addition to the house. the houses history moved back. the stove is a nice story. this is not the one but the identical model and the room. ford remembered it so specifically that there was a epic search to try to find one just like it. by the window would have been one of the places where he would have worked on repairing things. especially watches. the china is a reproduction but it was done very specifically as ford remembered. we don't cook hear a lot but we do during the christmas and fall. harvest begin, henry's birthday we do cook. stove is from the time. but it is not the one that ford picked out. the one that he picked out is preserved and we chose another one because we actually use it. this room has lots of doors and windows for ventilation to let the heat out. every room has a set of doors because in a house without c

and henry ford's father worked for him and that is how henry ford's mother met his mother mary. henry ford's father and grandfather together built this house and it was relocated here to groanfield village very late in henry ford's life in 1944. one of the few buildings is moved and it is only moved two miles from the location. and it is built over time. so we're representing it in the last iteration. sometime in the 1870s and by that time -- it had a series of editions putting on the back and adding on a kitchen and a wood shed for various use -- reasons. so the house itself has grown over time and we're showing those changes to you now. it is a rather plain house. by the 1860s some of the houses had a little bit more detail to it. but it is fairly typical. the furnishing are very middle class. some few home made pieces but quite a few mass produced pieces and carpeting and wallpaper and people are struck by the fact that the family was wealthy. they are not. they very average furnishing and average decor for a house in the middle part of the 19th century. this is part of a far

and henry ford's father worked for him and that's how henry ford's father met his mother. mary litgat. henry ford's father and mother built this house and it was relocated to greenfield village very late in henry ford's life very late in 1944. it was built over time, so we're representing it now kind of in its last iteration. sometime in the 1870s, by that time it had an addition, a series of additions put on the back. eventually odding on a kitchen and a woodshed for various reasons. so the house itself has grown over time and we're showing you those changes to you now. it's a rather plain house, by the 1860s, some of the houses had a little more detail. the furnishings inside are very middle class. some home-made pieces but quite a few mass produced pieces. a lot of people are struck by the fact that this family was wealthy. but they're not, this is average decor for a house in the middle part of the 19th century this was part of a farm. it was about 250-acre farm or so. the out buildings were really different, depending on which time period you're talking about. by the

to greenfield village very late in henry ford's life. it was one of the few buildings moved in large pieces as it was only moved about two miles from its original location. so it was built over time. we're representing it now in its last iteration. sometime in the 1870s. and by that time, it had an addition -- a series of additions put on the back, eventually adding on a kitchen and a wood shed for various reasons. so, the house itself has grown over time and we're showing those changes to you now. it's a rather plain house. by the 1860s, some of the houses had a little bit more detail to it, but it's fairly typical. the furnishings inside are very middle class. a few homemade pieces but quite a few mass produced pieces. carpeting, wall paper. a lot of people are struck by the fact that maybe this family was wealthy. they are not. this is very, very average if your honor -- furnishings, very average decor. this was part of a 250-acre farm. the out buildings were really different depending which time period you're talking about. by the 18

henry ford ii. showing his grandchild a baby bird with mrs. edsel ford watching. rmer, teaching his grandchildren, henry ii and benson ford to love the soil. on anniversaries and other state occasions he would get out the old quadracycle and drive it around fairlane with his wife, clara. what memories it must have brought back. sometimes he liked to go camping with some of his old friends. the bearded man is john b burroughs, the naturalist. on the right is harvey firestone. he still knew how to swing an axe. had his own ideas about cooking, too. that's edison in the background. vigorous men with vigorous minds and healthy appetites. they used to have a saying you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. whenever he did, henry ford always kept a certain rustic simplicity, a rugged quality that nothing could alter or soften. burrows had always looked down his beard at the model t, calling it a noisy device that scared the birds. but finally even burrows overcame his prejudices. the man behind the legend. these are men whose

a grandchild, henry ford ii. showing his grandchild a baby bird with mrs. ford watching. dchildren henry ii and benson ford to love the soil. on anniversaries and other state occasions he would get out the old quadricycle and drive it around fair lane with his wife clara. what memories it must have brought back. ♪ ♪ >> sometimes he liked to go camping with some of his old friends. the bearded man is john burroughs, the naturalist and on the right is harvey firestone. he still knew how to swing an ax. had his own ideas about cooking, too. that is edison in the background. >> and vigorous man and vigorous appetite. they had a saying, you can take the boy out of the country but you can't take the country out of the boy. henry ford kept a simplistic and rugged quality that nothing could stop him. burros had always looked down his beard at the model t, called it a noisy device that frightened the birds but finally even birds overcame his prejudices. the man behind the legend. these are men whose ideas changed our way of life and made it better. ♪ >> they walk side by side revie

henry ford decided to stop producing an.n may, 1927, the 15 millionth model t came out of the plant and the assembly line closed down forever on the world most famous car. from there on it began to disappear from the world -- >> they were scrap. once in a while a car was making an effort to save itself. the model t died hard. although the model t began to fade the new direction it gave to american life did not stop. it gathered momentum that carried us through the gate 20s. even the grim depressions could not stop the powerful forces that were set in motion. the lessons learned from the assembly line helped us to win a terrible or. -- or. nothing had been able to stop it. we kept on working. today this is how the american road looks. the whole nation had become swift and mobile. flowing along over a great netflix of highways. 3 million miles long and constantly growing. the american road is lifted so i -- hello compared to 50 years ago. the road has bridged city and country. ways of life have mingled them both share the frui

the first automobile built by henry ford. ford was fascinated by all things mechanical really from boyhood into the early adulthood and automobiles being the new technology of the time he was very much caught up in the excitement surrounding them and knew that he wanted to get involved in the industry in some way and the quadracycle was not an attempt of a commercial vehicle. he never had any intentions selling this car but a prototype, a way for him to wrap his mind around what it took to build a functional automobile. ford can read and understand blueprints, he enjoyed seeing something in three dimensions. found it easier to understand the object that way. he built it in the shed behind a home that he and clara ford were renting on detroit's bagley avenue. and tinkered away there at night when he was not at work. as chief engineer of the edison illuminating company. sometimes tinkered away while at work. one of the advantages of being in the position to give him flexibility in the schedule and also access to tooling and mach

it is the quadricycle, the very first automobile built by henry ford. ford was fascinated right into early adulthood and automobiles being the new technology of the time, he was very much caught up in the excitement surrounding them and knew that he wanted to get into it. he never had intentions of selling this car. instead it was something of a prototype, a way for him to wrap his mind around what it took to build a functional automobile. while ford to read and understand blueprints, he was always a person who understood things in three dimension, found it easier to understand things that way. he built it in a shed that he and claire ford were renting, and he tinkered on it when he wasn't at work. one of the advantages of being in the position he had, it gave him some flexibility in his schedule and access to tool and machinery at the edison illuminating works. it was june when he took the first ride, and he had a friend riding ahead on a bicycle to warn people that the quadricycle was coming. that was it. he had done it. it's not too sophisticated, a t

the first automobile built by henry ford. rd was fascinated by all things mechanical really from boyhood into the early adulthood and automobiles being the new technology of the time he was very much caught up in the excitement surrounding them and knew that he wanted to get involved in the industry in some way and did quadracycle was not an attempt of a commercial vehicle. he never had any intentions selling this car but a prototype, a way for him to wrap his mind around what it took to build a functional automobile. ford can read and understand blueprints, he enjoyed seeing something in three dimensions. he built it in the shed behind a home that he and clara ford were renting on detroit's bagley avenue. and tinkered away there at night when he was not at work. frankly sometimes tinkered while he was at work, too. one of the advantages of being in the position to give him flexibility in the schedule and also access to tooling and machinery at the edison illuminating works and put the vehicle together and in june 1886 took hi

and that would be henry ford museum now. at that time it was called the edison institute in honor of thomas edison who was ford's great friend and mentor. but i always thought it was kind of interesting this place opened october 21st, 1929, just days before the stock market crash. so arguably one of the last good days of herbert hoover's administration. >>> american railroads are distinguished by britain's railroads. the big distinguishing characteristic is british railroads tended to be very well built, they had flag level grades, stone bridges, substantial construction, they had really larger locomotives and they had fenced off riding ways. in the united states of course we're always moving fast, go, go, go so we don't spend a lot of time making things permanent. our railroads were much less expensively built than the british railroads. they tended to be rough and bouncy. we would build wood bridges rather than stone. and we didn't bother putting up fence around the right of ways. so it was not uncommon for livestock to wan

we'll see the sporty mustang. >> my name is matt anderson here at the henry ford and we are in the henryord museum of american innovation in dearborn, michigan. and the first one i want to look at is arguably the most significant one we have where all of this came from. this is the 1896 quadracycle. the first automobile built by henry ford. ford was fascinated by all things mechanical really from boyhood into the early adulthood and automobiles being the new technology of the time he was very much caught up in the excitement surrounding them and knew that he wanted to get involved in the industry in some way and the quadracycle was not an te

after two failed attempts to start a successful automobile company henry ford finds success with ford motor company established in june of 1903 when ford himself is very nearly 40 years old so this is a time when a lot of men would have been happily settled in the careers and working toward retirement but ford was willing to keep risking things to succeed in the automobile industry and it would pay off for him. he started with the model an of 1903. here's a great example of the vehicle. it is very much what we might call a horseless carriage and doesn't necessarily look like a car. the engine is not under the hood. there is no hood. the engine sits under the driver's seat there and you can't see it, of course. it is hidden understood the seat in the frame but you can see a small port off to the side and that is where you would shift the crank or insert the crank to turn the engine and get it running. the engine is trance versely mounted which means the cylinder banks running perpendicular to the drive shaft. on this car, there's not a drive shaft as we know it today. it is chain drive

with opening remarks by henry ford the second. who introduces the ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it is narrated by the voice of the march of time radio and tv newsreel series. >>> i am henry ford the second. in recent years, there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel a great many of you may have wondered as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big? that is why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it, freedom of the american road. simply because we americans like plenty of elbowroom. freedom to come and go as we please and be in this big country of ours. the first thing that we have found, was that you can't talk about highways without talking about traffic, and safe driving. we have found, that there are many experienced highway and traffic safety experts, who are doing a great service to the public. what they need, i

the business magnate henry ford twice filed for bankruptcy before he revolutionised the car industry.se three entrepreneurs have faced extremely tough tests. now they are starting again. it is not always easy to pick yourself back up. we needed to fire great friends.

next we continue our tour of the driving america exhibit at the henry ford museum in deerborn, michigan. we see how auto manufacturing changed during world war ii. we'll learn how vehicles evolved based on customer preference and available technology. one of the last models we'll see is a 1983 honda accord, the first honda built in the united states. >> we're standing in front of what the probably the guest's favorite car. if we had to poll some of our visitors, i suspect the winner would be this vehicle here. our 1931 bugatti type 41 royale. bugatti, born in italy and did most of his work in france. and it was a very successful designer of race cars in particular. in the 1920s. but he had hopes in the early 1930s of building cars that were so luxurious that they would be favored by kings, queens, royalty of all sorts in europe and this was the result of that. one of the largest production cars ever built. the wheel base on the car is just massive. something like 170 inches long. it's got an eight cylinders engine and makes for a very long hood. just two seats there in the back which, o

of the american road is a half-hour ford motor company film from 1955, with opening remarks by henry ford of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it's narrated by westbrook van vorhees. he was the voice of the march of dime radio and tv news reel series. ♪ >> i am henry ford ii. in recent years there has been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel sure a great many of you must have wondered, as i did, whether there was anything a private citizen could do about a problem so big. that's why we decided to study the situation. the results are published in this book. we call it "freedom of the american road." simply because we americans always have plenty of elbow room. freedom to come and go as we please in this big country of ours. the first thing we found was that you can't talk about highways without talking about traffic and safe driving, too. we found that there are many experienced highway and traffic safety experts who are doing a great service to the public. what they need is public understanding

freedom of the american road is a half hour ford motor company film from 1955 with opening remarks by henry ford ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it's narrated by westbrook van borges. >>> i am henry ford ii. in recent years there's been a lot of talk about our highway situation. so much has been said that i feel sure a great many of you must have wondered as i did whether there was anything a

and elon musk, followed by the history of the american road up to the 1950s, then a tour through henry ford's home and the garage where the first ford car was built. later, a couple of ford motor company films pushing for paved roads throughout the united states and development of an interstate highway system. latest books, blood and ivy. the 1849 murder that scandalized harvard. then saturday night at 8:00 eastern during lectures, jefferson deker, on the history of the environmental movement and laws and litigation regarding natural resources. and sunday night at 8:00, during our weekly look at the presidency, harry truman's russia policy, which became known as the cold war. after he outlined his plan to contain communism during an address to congress in 1947. >>> this sunday on oral histories, we continue our series on women in congress, with former democratic congresswoman, eva clayton. >> my interest in the agriculture committee, and even my members existence to me that finally their acceptance of me. and they did. they did. i wasn't on that committee, only because i was a ranking member.

then a tour through henry ford's home and the garage where the first ford car was built. and later, a couple ford motor company films pushing for paved roads throughout the united states and the development of an interstate highway system. these are american history tv programs. normally seen only on the weekends, we're trying the month's congressional break as an opportunity to expand our ahtv into the weekdays. if you missed any of today's program, we'll show it again tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern and you can find it any time online at c-span's video library. thursday, american history tv continues with a look at the life of martin luther king jr. we'll show a 50th anniversary commemoration of march and friday, the world war i centennial ceremony and a look at various aspects of the war from discussions at u.s. army heritage days. this weekend, on american history tv during real america, our weekly look at historical films, the 1943 war department film, "why we fight" explaining the causes of world war ii. real america, saturday night at 10:00 and sunday afternoon at 4:0

lot of us in moscow and will there be a deal or no deal on trade with the us mexico and canada henry ford which is to your distro mark joins us to consider what michael it might not occur on the trade front plus we take a look at south africa as the nation struggled economically and is faced with increasing violence in agricultural areas argue correspondent ashley banks gives us the disquieting details as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell we'll be right back. food and trump you know it's all about detente and getting along with the greatest ally and friend russia there is so you know play it good for the kids and you know if you open it up there's other things in there so while we proceed here in the first half i'll just see what what go well. you know world of big partisan move a lot and conspiracy it's time to wait to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the troops t

lot of us in moscow and will there be a deal or no deal on trade with the us mexico and canada henry ford which is c.e.o. of straw mark joins us to consider what michael it might not occur on the trade front plus we take a look at south africa as the nation struggled economically and is faced with increasing violence in agricultural areas r.t. correspondent ashley banks gives us the disquieting details as we go to break here are the numbers at the closing bell will be right back. and trump you know it's all about detente and getting along with the greatest ally friend russia there is no place to get to the kids and you know if you open it up there's other things in there so while we proceed here in the first half i'll just see what let's go. there right now but i'm not going to act on their manager i'm not out of the budget that i'm out of the money out of the money they let it to me. this was a good time to. try to move. the. sun that was definitely not why not. why x. generated their own people we believe is the job again. a lot of i can say they're not the muppets i don't have a lot of

with opening remarks by henry ford the second. who introduces the ford company study of the nation's road problems and calls for individual citizens to help solve those issues. it is narrated by the voice of the march of time radio and tv newsreel series.

this is henry ford's lawyer talking over dinner, trying to dissuade henry ford from spending his life savings on building -- henry ford spending his life savings on building an automobile factory. 1920 -- a rocket will never work. 1949 -- computers will weigh just 1.5 tons. from ibm. they got that off by a little bit. 1955 -- nuclear powered vacuum cleaners will become a reality. as far as we know, those are not quite here yet. i predict the future with a clear understanding of in all likelihood it's going to be wrong. at the same time, there are a few trends worth noting here. first, it's going to become more geopolitically dicey. we are facing the rising possibility of a multi polar war or geopolitical content station were more of a norm than the past 30 years. what does that do? from history, we know creates -- we know it creates greater instability and creates a far greater need to engage deeply on strategic narratives and the communications front. we also know that there is a shift in power from the traditional nation-state structure to cities. urban city centers are where the va

they are using the henry ford healthcare system in detroit.al motors going to henry ford hospital. it's a very good hospital. they will get next day service. they will have access to 3,000 healthcare providers. prescription drug prices will be less. general motors has the power behind it that they can negotiate directly with healthcare providers and lower costs and prices. liz are you how is gm going to protect its bottom line by doing it this way? >> shell cut out waste. they will actually not waste money. so again the money doesn't get chewed up by gm. liz: you like this. >> boeing and intel is doing it. 11% of all employers is doing it. everybody knows the money in the healthcare system is not lost with the doctors'. it's lost with the insurance money managers. it's a private way to cut down on healthcare costs. this is not a bed. it's a high-tech revolution in sleep. the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it intelligently senses your movement and automatically adjusts on each side to keep you both comfortable. and snoring? how smart is that?

this is henry ford's lawyer talking over dinner, trying to dissuade henry fuller spending his life savings on building -- henry ford spending his life siblings on building an autumn -- life savings on building an automobile factory. 1920 -- a rocket will never work. 1949 -- computers will weigh just 1.5 tons. 1955 -- nuclear powered vacuum cleaners will become a reality. as far as we know, those are not quite here yet. i predict the future with a clear understanding of in all likelihood it's going to be wrong. at the same time, there are a few trends worth noting here. first, it's going to become more geopolitically dicey. we are facing the rising possibility of a multi polar war or geopolitical content station were more of an norm than the past 30 years. from history, we know creates greater instability and creates a far greater need to engage deeply on strategic narratives and the indications front. we also know that there is a shift in power from the traditional nationstate structure to cities. urban city centers are where the vast majority of populations reside. they will become the co

the business magnate henry ford twice filed for bankruptcy before he revolutionised the car industry.se three entrepreneurs have faced extremely tough tests. now they are starting again. it is not always easy to pick yourself back up. we needed to fire great friends. for me, it was the most difficult thing. failure can come with a lot of baggage. if i'm facing that same failure again, then will i be able to get over that again? like, maybe not. and the struggle to build a viable long—term business is fraught with challenges. i have no answers right now, and the stock, and no games and no idea what is going on. can they overcome the obstacles they face and turn everything around? seoul, south korea, a city powered by 10 million people and home to a young entrepreneur with big ambitions. for her, engineering is a man's world, but it's her passion. told that it wasn't an acceptable subject for her to study, she would sneak into her male friends' seminars at university. now 33, she is fighting to establish herself as an engineer. she wants to change the way we make electricity through por

the eight hour working day was developed by henry ford to increase productivity on the automobile assembly line it has nothing to do with working in an office our ideas about what works should look like are outdated but if you work better in a hammock why should we be allowed to work and how much of. this small business has worked on more than one hundred fifty projects since it was founded in twenty fifteen in spite of the fact that employees only work four days a week the project and we're taking a look at how a working environment appears to an employee and at the moment it often looks bureaucratic or hierarchical led by bosses very structured very much process driven but we also noticed that there is creativity within each employee that can help the company move forward and we want to release this creativity as well to do this we're trying to find ways to surprise an experiment. they're trying out new structures and workshops with company employees and supervisors but what looks like fun goes to four first. one of their customers is b.b.c. or the german magazine publishers association

you know if the grocery store margins are very very very small one two percent well but just like henry ford became the massive auto manufacturer that he did is by making his workers wealthy so he could sell more cars here they're creating an economy to sell more products a very good point they are enriching the local economy whereas the extractive industries deprived an impoverished local economy so as this next article here's the headline from michael kamandi and how the chinese africa's most popular browser in a big quake in mining companies are about to change african payments and he notes that of course africans themselves have innovated wildly their way more advanced than our economy in terms of financial services they have things like m paste they've had they invented you know their own digital currencies before a big coin existed where they can transfer value you know credits on your your phone so now they have not however what's been missing is cross border transfers of the equivalent outside of the u.s. sort of banking system because that is part of the problem is that africans the

the monumental milestone that has been reached and here to put it into perspective is our friend henry ford which the c.e.o. of straw mark hillary thank you as always for being here what do you make of this welcome well it is very long there had to be not a long run this well though let's not forget the one nine hundred twenty s. one nine hundred sixty s. as well and all.

you know if the grocery store margins are very very very small one two percent well but just like henry ford became the massive auto manufacturer that he did is by making his workers wealthy so he can sell more cars here they're creating an economy to sell more products a very good point they are enriching the local economy whereas the extractive industries deprived an impoverished local economy so as this next article here's the headline from michael kamandi and how the chinese africa's most popular browser in a big queen mining company are about to change african payments and you know it said of course africans themselves have innovated wildly they're way more advanced then our economy in terms of financial services they have things like m. pace they've had they invented you know their own digital currencies before a big coin existed where they can transfer value you know credits on your your phone so now they have not however what's been missing is cross border transfers of the equivalent outside of the u.s. sort of banking system because that is part of the problem is that africans the a

dissuade henry ford from spending his life savings on a automobile manufacturer. wrong.ly got that 1920, new york times says a rocket will never work. 1949, ibm says computers will weigh just 1.5 tons. they got that off by a little bit. 1955, industrial experts protected nuclear power vacuum cleaners will become a reality. so i predict the future with a clear understanding, in all likelihood it will be wrong. at the same time, there are a few trends worth noting here. first, it will become more geopolitically dicey. we are facing the rising possibility of a multi polar war where geopolitical contestation is more of a norm than in the last 30 years. and what does that do? from history, we know that creates greater instability, a far greater need to engage deeply on strategic narratives and the communications front. we also know there is a shift in power to cities, where the vast majority of populations reside. they will become the connective nodes of the 21st century, and we see interesting shifts in diplomacy practice as a result. the danish have recently launched