Video: 1957 Fender Factory Tour Parts 1 & 2 (With A Trade Show Thrown In)

[crunchee]

This film's in color, no music, and no sound except for Richard Smith's narration.  The volume is a bit low for my liking, so you might have to turn up the volume to hear what he's saying:

 

 

There's some people in these films whose names and faces you might recognize, not only at the Fender Factory, but at the Trade Show (early NAMM?).  Plus, there's a few views of a prototype Jazzmaster seen in some of the Factory footage:

 

 

The clip below has been posted here on the HFC before, a lot of it looks like duplicate footage of the 1957 film, but I'm including it to make a complete set:

 

 

[HAMERMAN]

Bizarre to see somebody at work with no shirt on. It's like when you see an old movie that shows people having a cigarette in a hospital.

[RobB]

Tin-roofed factory. Industrial machinery. In Fullerton. In summer. Brutal...