“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 1956 episode (no. 305) starts with a look at Abbott Laboratories using human “guinea pigs” for pharmaceutical and medical research. At the company’s Chicago, IL clinic, male volunteers are injected with something to test a new salve developed by the company. Two men receive certificates showing their membership in the “Guinea Pig Club.” A mother puts the Abbott Laboratories salve on her son’s skinned arm. In the next segment, Women assemble wood toys at the American Manufacturing company in Falconer, NY (02:04). A woman uses a wood jig to hold wooden parts in place during assembly. A man pours wood pieces into a wooden tumbler to smooth the pieces (03:07). Wooden carts and dollies are used to haul wood. Footage shows various men and women making the toys, including one man making a wooden toy car. Next, viewers are taken to Pottsville, PA where women make soft shirt collared shirts at the Philip-Jones Corporation’s plant (05:29). Women sew wrinkle-proof collars onto shirts. The shirts are then ironed, folded, and placed in plastic wrappers for resale (07:10). The episode’s final segment shows the construction of a pipeline ditch near Gallup, NM by the El Paso National Gas Company (08:24). An archeologist is on site and walks along the trench to look for examples of early civilizations. The archeologist and a Navajo assistant drive a truck to a rocky mound and examine what ends up being an old Pueblo settlement (09:50). Men excavate the settlement and find a metate (used for grinding corn and making cornmeal). The camera shows a closeup shot of some of the artifacts found at the site.
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