Henry Ford's America is a 1977 Canadian documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by Donald Brittain, and produced by Brittain, Paul Wright and Roman Kroitor.
[1][2] It has been called one of the best documentaries ever made about the Ford Motor Company and North American car culture.
[3] This feature documentary studies the automobile and its pervasive effect on the history of North America and how society has adapted to fit its needs.
Focusing on the Ford dynasty, from the original Henry car through to Henry II, the film traces the history of the company using historical footage, and interviews with Henry Ford II and other executives; it includes rare and candid glimpses of Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, Lee Iacocca and General Motors president Pete Estes.
It explores the troubled state of the American auto industry in the 1970s, and our culture’s conflicted relationship with the automobile.