Ford installs first moving assembly line 1913. Photo: Moving assembly line at Ford Motor Company's Michigan plant. In 1907, Henry Ford announced his goal for the Ford Motor Company: to create "a ...

St. Paul Ford dealer W.S. Williams, right, stands next to his new car – the first Model T to roll off the line at the company’s Twin Cities Assembly plant on May 4, 1925.

At his plant, Ford innovated mass-production techniques with his moving assembly line, which was first used in 1913. The assembly lines were inspired by agricultural techniques.

The first Ford Elite car, the personal luxury car made entirely in Chicago, is driven off the assembly line at the Ford plant, heading to a dealership, on Jan. 3, 1975.

The Model T Ford is often cited as the first mass-produced car in America, and high schools across the United States still applaud Henry Ford as the inventor of the automobile assembly line.

BBC business editor Simon Jack and journalist Zing Tsjeng tell the story of the man whose influence helped push America from ...