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Master Hands (Part IV)

193610:12Public Domain
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About this film

Classic "capitalist realist" drama showing the manufacture of Chevrolets from foundry to finished vehicles. Though ostensibly a tribute to the "master hands" of the assembly line workers, it seems more of a paean to the designers of this impressive mass production system. Filmed in Flint, Michigan, just months before the United Auto Workers won union recognition with their famous sitdown strikes. Selected for the 1999 National Film Registry of "artistically, culturally, and socially significant" films.

Directors & creators

Handy (Jam) Organization

Subjects

Automobiles: Manufacturing;Labor: 1930s;Occupations: Automotive

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