The experts said it couldn't be done but Henry Ford would build the auto industry's first low-price V-8 engine. Then he gave the job of designing it to his talented son Edsel. The result was a masterpiece of speed and beauty-a car that would become one of the most enduring American automobile legends of all time. With edits from the Ford film Source of the Ford Car, the story includes all the trials and tribulations of creating the car. The difficult work casting the first engine blocks in one piece, tooling up for manufacture, and how producing the new cars nearly broke the company is clearly detailed.

The film includes a review of all the passenger models, design features, and interior and chassis details. Highlights of the car's introduction include shows at Ford's Highland Park plant and the Michigan State Fair in Detroit. Bonus footage includes W.C. Fields wrecking a new '32 Ford Phaeton in one of his classic comedies, Indy champ Fred Frame trying out his speedy new Roadster, and veteran race car driver Eddie Pullen tearing up California's Mojave Desert in an enduro run behind the wheel of his speedy new Victoria.

Henry Ford spent millions on his expositions at the 1934 Chicago Century of Progress and at the 1935 California Pacific International Exposition held in San Diego, California. This presentation compiles three action-packed Ford films: Ford and a Century of Progress (1934), Fair in the West (1935), and The Honeymoon V-8 (1935). It begins with a blimp ride over the Chicago Fair then to the big Ford Exposition Building. Inside, we see how such things as upholstery, wire wheels, and wood grained dashboards are made. Centerpiece of the exhibit is three new Victoria models hanging from a single Ford welded wire wheel to show its amazing strength. Then fair-goers can take a ride in a new Ford on the "Roads of the World".

The film next moves to Connecticut in 1935. A father buys a sporty new Ford Roadster for his daughter who sets out in the car with her new hubby on a drive to the San Diego Fair. Highlight of the fair is the Ford Exposition Building. Always a crowd pleaser is the quick teardown and re assembly of a V-8 engine by a pair of trained mechanics. Outside, like Chicago, visitors could ride in any of the beautiful new Fords on San Diego's own version of "The Roads of the World".

This film is a first hand look at making the 1935 and 1936 Fords. Henry Ford discusses prospects for 1935 V-8 sales while top men Charles Sorensen and Peter Martin discuss production, and Chief Engineer Lawrence Sheldrick explains new chassis improvements. Ride along as Ford engineers road test cars on the back lots of the Rouge plant. Be there with Henry and Edsel Ford as they watch their 2-millionth V-8 come off the line.

Then Henry and Edsel drive the first '36 Ford off the line, and stroll through the engineering lab. A couple looks over a new 3-Window Coupe at the local Ford dealer. Typical buyers take delivery of new Fords. The fascinating footage shows manufacturing and assembly including glass making, a description of the new one-piece steel wheel, and Edsel Ford speaking about the newly styled '36 Fords. Different body styles, interiors and features of models such as the Tudor, Fordor, Coupe, Roadster, Phaeton, Cabriolet and Convertible Sedan are explained.

A fascinating edit of The Rouge, narrated by Lowell Thomas, shows how raw materials were miraculously transformed into finished 1937-39 trucks at Ford's colossal plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Follow the progress of parts from molten steel to engine blocks, stamped wheels, frames, and other parts. See bodies built and painted, cars assembled, and then completed vehicles shipped to dealers. You'll see rare film showing Edsel Ford as he welcomes his dealers to Detroit for the presentation of the new '37 models. Later, Henry and Edsel introduce the cars and the new economy 60hp V8 at a press preview.

The 1938 footage includes making Ford tires and plastic parts, assembly lines, comparison of Standard and Deluxe models, interior details, and a visit to the Rotunda to see the full line of models. The Fords, Mercs, and trucks are also shown running on the test track.

The beautifully preserved film continues with the 1939 Press preview of new models and includes a very rare series of color ads that include the Deluxe Coupe, Tudor, and Convertible with people driving them to show how sporty and good looking they are.

Competition was fierce in 1940 and Ford needed to show that its new Standard and Deluxe cars were the most beautifully designed and built in their price class. This compilation of six great promotional films including Ford Style Show for 1940, Review of a Preview, and Scenes from the New York World's Fair for 1940 tells the story. The footage abounds in beautifully clear details of chassis, body, and interior, with new features like fingertip gearshift and sealed-beam headlights. In a fleet of new Fords and Mercurys take a tour of the Village Industries - small plants that make Ford engravings dies, twist drills and taps, electrical parts, gauges, and engine valves.

At the big Ford Exposition building at the New York World's Fair see the new Fords, Mercurys, and Lincolns on display, as well as a demonstration of how parts were made. Take a ride on the elevated "Road of Tomorrow", a half-mile elevated course where visitors experience the quality of the fine new Fords and Mercurys. The animated Ford film Symphony in F, in full color, shows how cars are assembled at the Rouge plant in Dearborn.