Made by the National Association of Manufacturers, “Industry on Parade” was produced between 1950-1960 and aired on TV, where it won a Peabody award. Each episode of “Industry on Parade” looks at the manufacturing of and technology behind different industries. This episode looks at a plant that manufacturers tin cans and also uses its expertise to make parts for aircraft. It then looks at poultry farming mechanization and how new growing methods make larger quantities of chicken. This is followed by how nylon stockings are made and tested for durability. Finally, it ends on a dial based board system that can be used to display free hotel rooms and can be updated from the hotels themselves.
0:09 “Industry on Parade” theme, 0:42 Title “Tin Cans to Jet Planes!”, 0:48 a forklift feeding tin sheets into a machine at a Continental Can Company plant on Terminal Island, Long Beach, California. 1:28 man inspects tin sheet, 1:40 tin plate cut into regular shape, 2:03 tops and bottoms being inspecting after production, 2:55 cans being moved to be turned into boxes, 3:11 aircraft parts being made in a factory in Coffeyville, Kansas 4:04 military aircraft flaps being made, 4:29 female employees working on wing components, Continental Can Co. semi truck leaves factory 5:13 “A message from industry to you” about how today’s pioneers are working in laboratories 5:22 scientists working in labs, 5:55 Title “Challenging King cotton!”, 6:01 a women inspecting chicks at the J.D. Jewell Co., Inc. chicken house, near Gainesville, Georgia 6:30 farmer feeding chickens at a poultry farm, 7:07 J.D. Jewell truck full of chickens driving to the slaughterhouse, 7:35 a family enjoying a fried chicken, 7:48 Title “Stocking Story!”, Davenport Hosiery Mills, Inc., part of DuPont Co. 7:55 a woman getting a manicure at a stocking factory, 8:15 nylon yarn being mounted on a knitting machine, 8:49 man dying the stockings, 8:58 stockings being shaped over leg shaped forms, 9:29 women inspecting individual stockings, 9:43 stocking undergoing a stress test, 10:23 stockings being packed into boxes, 10:57 “ a message from industry to you” about the American Dream, and how people in American society can move to the top through business success, 11:02 Men in a boardroom followed by men in an open office, 11:37 “Windfall for the Wayfarer!”, Reserve A Room Incorporated, Denver, Colorado 11:39 a man arranging a special, computerized system to make a hotel reservation, 12:04 passengers get off a United DC-6, 12:17 passengers check the Reserve a Room to see if hotel accommodations are available, 12:36 man makes reservation over the phone and the board changes to reflect the new amount of rooms available, “We Americans are constantly on the move…” 13:00 a Greyhound bus going into the station, 13:15 a family checking in to their hotel.
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