If you've never seen it, watch "Master Hands".[1] This is a very good movie of auto manufacturing in the 1930s.
Those workers went on strike a few years after that, in 1939, and won. That ended the "Chrysler Speed Up Initiative".
Those workers went on strike a few years after that, in 1939, and won. That ended the "Chrysler Speed Up Initiative".
But on a high level, both videos look like the same process. You can find many steps, like the stamping, the welding, the final assembly, that look nearly unchanged in 85 years, save for some automation with robots, and some quality-of-life improvements in the assembly, where people don't have to lug around heavy parts.