Ford Willow Run Plant in World War II: "Women on the Warpath" B-24 Liberator 1943 Ford 10min
more at scitech.quickfound.net Public domain film from the National Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and mild video noise reduction applied. The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and equalization. en.wikipedia.org The Willow Run manufacturing plant, located between Ypsilanti and Belleville, Michigan, was constructed during World War II by Ford Motor Company for the mass production of the B-24 Liberator military aircraft. After the war, ownership of the assembly plant passed to Kaiser Motors and then to Ford rival General Motors, which now owns and operates part of the facility as Willow Run Transmission. Willow Run was used by GM to manufacture a number of models, including Chevy trucks (1956--58), the Nova and Caprice. It was also used to manufacture parts for the Vega subcompact. Perhaps the most well-known product assembled at Willow Run was the Chevrolet Corvair. Most Corvairs were built there from 1960 through 1969. GM's Fisher Body division was also located at Willow Run, and built bodies for the Chevrolet models assembled there. In 1968, General Motors reorganized its body assembly divisions into the monolithic GM Assembly Division (GMAD). GMAD absorbed many Fisher body plants, but Willow Run was one of the plants where Fisher continued to build bodies until the 1970s. On June 1, 2009, GM announced it would be closing the plant as part of its bankruptcy ...
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