From the Model T to fully robotic factories, take a 100-year tour of the most important component of modern industrial production.

Originally released by A&E Networks, 2006. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 16, 2015.

Introduction to the Assembly Line (2:54); --The Ford Model T (4:50); -- The Birth of the Assembly Line (2:22); -- Automobile Labor Crisis (3:38); -- Auto Industry Labor Union (4:27); -- Mass Production (3:00); -- Success of General Motors (3:00); -- Wartime Assembly Line (2:58); -- Toyota Motor Company (4:51); -- Assembly Line Workers (3:35); -- Robots on Assembly Lines (5:22); -- Updating the Assembly Line (2:29); -- Sample Segment (10:44); .