“Goodyear: On the March” (c.1958) is a color, promotional and recruitment film for the Goodyear company meant to tell the “Goodyear Story” of craft, ingenuity, integrity, and a team of committed personnel all over the world.

Film opens, footage flags waving from flag poles: United States, Philippines, Mexico, Russia, Malaysia, Brazil, France, United Kingdom, South Africa (1928-1994), Sweden (0:07). Opening words, Edwin J. Thomas (1:15-4:50). Re-enactment, Charles Goodyear discovering Balkanization (5:19). Re-enactment Frank Seiberling purchasing first factory (6:37). Early automobile models: perhaps Benz Patent Motor Car, model no. 1, perhaps Ford Model N; early use of Goodyear tires (7:00). Rolling credits listing Goodyear “firsts” in respect to tire production overlaid montage b&w archival footage of early 20th century automobiles (commercial and private) driving along highways, rural areas, New York City (Sheraton-Astor Hotel) (7:58). Manufacturing process: raw materials move along conveyor belt, sheets of freshly formed rubber roll out of machines, factory employees look over machines/ ensure quality control (8:57). Goodyear Nylon White-Side Wall Tire in the making: Fabric comes out of 3T machine, moves through Z-calendar and intertwined with rubber, bias cutting machine slices it into double strips, stages of assembly line (shaping machine) (10:15-14:38). Use of Goodyear Products: Perhaps 1950 Chevrolet Short School Bus drives through suburban neighborhood (14:40). 1957 FWD MM1 Teracruzer, close-up tires adapting to uneven terrain (14:46). Perhaps USS Oklahoma City CAD Model Radar (15:13). UUM-44 SUBROC (15:22). Automobile belts, industrial v-belts, flat belts, moving sidewalk (15:47). Gaskets (16:24). Hoses: brakes, fire hose, transport acids and solvents (16:28). Air spring (16:58). Foamed rubber (17:08). Non-rubber chemical foam crash pad (17:24). Lab, production of paint (17:44). Footwear: rubber sole, heel come out of machine, close-up men and women’s feet showing diff shoe models in various contexts: high heels, golf shoes, construction boots, ballet pointe shoes (18:26). Factory production of protective plastic wrap – wrapped around stationary, packaged meat at grocery store (19:48). Metal products: sparks fly in metal shop factory as product is formed on assembly lines; storage of metal rims for various vehicles in outdoor depot (20:54). POV inside irradiation cave (21:37). Animation of chemical bond that makes rubber; augmentation of bonds to create new man-made materials (22:15). Camera pans test tubes, glassware in chem lab; experimentation and discovery of synthetic materials “GRS” (23:56). Full-scale synthetic plant, Plioflex plant (24:52). Experimentation in fabric development: nylon in tights, rayon in cotton threads (25:30). Goodyear salesmen, distributors (27:33). C.1956 Goodyear Blimp flying in sky (28:00). Goodyear around the world – Canada: Peace Tower, Hart House University of Toronto, downtown Ottawa, Goodyear factory (28:12). England: Goodyear Wolverhampton plant, English country cottage, city scenes of London – Double-decker buses, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Big Ben and Westminster, Buckingham Palace, St. Paul’s Cathedral, Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon (29:39). Sweden: Stockholm from Katarina Elevator, Orpheus Fountain, Stockholm City Hall, perhaps Saab 35 Jenkin jet, man bicycles to Goodyear Stockholm office (31:09). Belgium: Aerial view Brussels city scenes, Expo 58, Atomium (32:42). Luxembourg (33:25). South Africa: Ndebele women in front of traditional painted hut, mining structure, Voortrekker Monument, black factory workers at Goodyear plant (34:03). Australia: Views of Sydney, Sydney Harbor Bridge, Archibald Memorial Fountain, (35:46). Philippines: Manila City Hall, Jones Bridge, Jeepney Taxis, National Press Club building, Central Market – colorful produce, Goodyear factory (37:30). Argentina: vast boulevards, skyscrapers Buenos Aires – Alas Building, Torre Monumental (39:18). Brazil: Christ the Redeemer (statue), aerial news of Rio, Sugar Loaf Mountain, Ipanema Beach (40:23). Mexico: Aztec Temple del Sol, views of Mexico City, murals of SCOP Complex, Torres de Satélite (41:57). United States: Golden Gate Bridge, Niagara Falls, Brooklyn Bridge, Statue of Liberty (43:20). Aerial view Goodyear plants; clock tower; factory in Akron, Ohio (44:04). Film ends (46:20).

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