“Industry On Parade was a television series created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. The series consisted of weekly episodes that highlighted American manufacturing and business. Hundreds of companies and products were documented during the [program’s] decade-long run.”
This film is a collection of three episodes from the series (32, 245, 299). In the first episode, viewers see how logs are debarked using a high-pressure water sprayer made by Worthington Pump & Machinery Corporation of Harrison, NJ. Men use axes to chop down trees. An operator adjusts jet nozzles and moves a log through the chamber, where water blasts the log and rips off the bark (01:55). A bare log moves out of the chamber. The episode shows New York’s 5th Avenue (04:10) and the storefront of Steuben Glass. In Corning, NY, a man shapes molten glass (04:45). A glob of glass is used for the bulb of the piece. The craftsman blows and shapes the glass bowl. The glass maker cuts off excess glass (07:17). Viewers see the final shape of the bowl. Next, viewers see the Houston, TX yard of Commercial Metal Company (08:44). A crane with a powerful magnet moves a piece of pipe in the yard. Another crane moves the steel frame of a car to a hydraulic press. Inside the plant, men sort metals (10:18). A man salvages mercury from a thermometer. The final segment is on the Thillens, Inc. mobile check cashing service in Chicago, IL. Armored cars leave the parking lot (11:54). An employee wheels a cash box into Electrical Small Motors Company (12:22), where he cashes checks for employees on the assembly floor. Workers stand outside of a truck to cash their checks (13:10).
In Episode 245, a Northwest Orient Airlines Stratocruiser is moved out of hanger at NY International Airport (14:17). The pilot and copilot meet to review flight plan before takeoff. The flight engineer visually inspects the exterior of the aircraft. Luggage is loaded onto the plane (16:13). The pilot and copilot run through the safety check in the cockpit. Passengers walk out to the plane and climb up the stairs to board the plane. The large ship taxis to the end of the runway and takes off (17:42). Next, viewers see how price tags and fasteners for plastic packaging bags are made at Kwik-Lok Corporation in Yakima, WA. At the plant, rolls of paper are stamped into tags (18:50). A man watches a machine as it prints labels. A machine glues the labels and tags together. At the Pacific Fruit and Produce Company (20:19), women bag apples then apply the Kwik-Loks label tags to the bags of fruit. A tank car of anhydrous ammonia arrives at Southeastern Liquid Fertilizer Company’s distributing center in Albany, GA (21:05). Tractors with plastic tanks of fertilizer drive on a filed and fertilize the soil. Lastly, viewers see the combination boat and auto trailer invented by Dwight Johnson (23:34). A man and woman climb out of their car and unhook the roof the trailer, which is a boat. The woman pulls a fabric roof over the trailer. At the company’s manufacturing plant in Medford, OR, men assemble the units (24:50). A man assembles the kitchen section. Men slide a boat onto the top of the trailer. The episode ends with the man motoring on water while his wife cooks at the trailer.
In episode 299, viewers are taken to the factory of Eastman Kodak in Rochester, NY. Employees get into their lint-free nylon work clothes prior to manufacturing x-ray film. A man studies a roll of film under a white light for imperfections (28:48). A sliver of emulsion is studied under a magnifying glass. Sheets are cut into smaller pieces; women inspect each emulsion sheet. The film shows the employees eating in the company’s dining room.
A man sprays paint at an autobody shop (31:57), using infrared lights from Fostoria Pressed Steel Corporation. At the company’s plant, a man presses a diamond reflector lamp. Viewers see other uses for infrared ovens, including heating metal parts (33:41) and baking frozen meat pies (34:12). Next, the episode shows the production of tufted carpet at E.T. Barwick Mills’ factory in Lafayette, GA. Machines tuft fabric (34:50), and a patterned drum is used to create a design in tufted carpets. Women inspect carpets and then fold the carpets up for shipping. In the episode’s final segment, viewers see elderly women making toys at the Childhood Interests, Inc. factory in Roselle Park, NJ (37:32). A woman assembles a xylophone. Employees celebrate a co-worker’s 80th birthday. A grandma shows her granddaughter a toy xylophone.
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