"FAITH IN THE FUTURE" HISTORY OF FRUEHAUF TRAILERS TRUCKING INDUSTRY 62604
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- Faith In The Future is a 1940s film that discusses the importance of transportation and the role Fruehauf trailers play in moving goods. Some of the businesses that use the Fruehauf trailers and are featured in the film are: Borden’s Farm Products of Michigan; Paranite Wire & Cable/Essex Wire Corp.; Long Transportation Company; Doehler-Jarvis Corporation; Bridgeways, Inc.; Ira Wilson & Sons Dairy; Harry Becker Company; Kozloff Fish; National Homes; E.H. Warren Company; and Hubert Cartage Company. The film opens with portrait shots of men and women talking about freedom; then it shows rolling landscapes, factories, laboratories, forests, farms, mines (02:10), oil fields, and an aerial view of the Statue of Liberty (02:33). As the film discusses the history of transportation, it shows viewers footage of Native Americans walking and using horses to carry goods, followed by a reenactment of pilgrims arriving at America’s shores, wagon trains heading west, and, finally, footage of train engines. This is followed by shots of early automobiles (04:36) and the “evolution” of motorcars and trucks. Two truck drivers sit in their office resting after driving a long route (06:26). There is footage of highways and an aerial view of highway interchanges. A child rides his bike down a sidewalk pulling smaller kids riding in two wagons. A photobook of Fruehauf Trailers highlights the development of their trailers via photographs of trailers and trucks, the general office and assembly plant of Fruehauf Trailers (08:50), and images of the various plants of the company throughout the country, including the ones in Los Angeles, Omaha, and Fort Wayne. Fruehauf employees walk out of one of the company’s manufacturing plants (10:28). A truck pulls a Fruehauf trailer down a highway (11:02). A Pacific Intermountain Express truck pulls a Fruehauf trailer. The film shows the frames of the trailers, then it shows engineers at drawing boards designing new trailers. Aspects of the trailers are highlighted (13:00), including a pull trailer for logging, powered brakes, the carryall trailer for transporting heavy machinery, and slack adjusters. Trucks pull Fruehauf trailers down roads and along highways. At the Cedar Rapids plant, Fruehauf parts are manufactured by men and women (15:06). A man paints a trailer part using a sprayer. Two blind men assemble parts. Deaf men communicate via sign language. At the Detroit Plant where chassis frames are built (16:44), chasses move along the assembly line and then are taken to the body warehouse for painting. The film shows the assembly of the body frame, which is then fixed onto the chassis. Men install precut aluminum panels on the exterior of the trailers. Other employees hammer floor boards onto the chassis of a trailer. A man unrolls weather-resistant roofing material onto the roof of a trailer. The film then shows the plant where special trailer bodies are built (20:40). Fruehauf trailers are used by the U.S. military; Fruehauf tank trailers haul tanks (21:38). The film shows various Fruehauf Trailers factory and service branches (23:01). A factory branch manager talks to the camera about running a factory and providing trailer repairs and maintenance. At a machine shop, two men work on parts involving wheels and axels (24:40). There are more shots of Fruehauf trailers, which are followed by a chart that shows the growth of the business. Men who own or drive Fruehauf trailers talk about the quality of the trailers and the service. Harvey Fruehauf, president of the company, speaks about the future of motor transport (33:00). The film concludes with shots of “pioneers” of transportation: wagon trains, cars, trucks and trailers.
Fruehauf Trailer Corporation, previously Fruehauf Trailer Company (1918-1963) and Fruehauf Corporation (1963-1989), was an American company engaged in the manufacture and sale of truck trailers, and other machinery and equipment, with headquarters located in Detroit, Michigan. It was founded in 1918 in Detroit, after August Fruehauf created the semi-trailer and launched a new industry. The Fruehauf trailer company introduced revolutionary inventions to trucking and transportation with hydraulic dump trailers, bulk tanker trailers, and automatic fifth wheel coupling among their over one thousand patents, including the shipping container in 1956. Wabash National acquired the company in 1997.
This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit www.PeriscopeFilm.com
Thanks for posting this. Americans often forget how the nation moves
Fruehauf was founded in 1914 and held over 1000 patents. It filed for bankruptcy in 1997 and its assets were purchased by today's Wabash National. Trailers are still produced under the Fruehauf name in many countries, including Mexico.
Yes actually around 2000 patents with 150 of them for the military.
We still run our fruehauf grave trains, love them still
A great video thank you my friend
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Good Stuff ❤
The use of disabled workers was a plus for the returning vets who otherwise would not be able to contribute to the economic well being of the country. I noticed they had a driver who tested the trailers by traveling in real working conditions that was blind.😮
He would drive up and down the freeway to ensure the trailers were structurally sound.
Fantastic
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Built to last.
11:32 Man, that's a lot of pie!
11:47 oh... nevermind
And we still don't respect our drivers like we should! There would be no USA without them!!
while the political commentary was partially correct, it comes off sounding trite.