Dallas Market - Center of World Trade

Duration: 0:19:57

Year Published: c.1970

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Dallas Market Center, one of the largest wholesale markets in the world, encompasses over 5 million square feet of buildings and services where buyers and sellers meet to do business. This film, produced by Robert Redd, provides an overview of this busy intersection of commerce. The film presents all aspects of why Dallas is the ideal setting for a world-class market: the city’s position as financial and business hub of the Southwest, its size and infrastructure, and the amenities available to participants. It also gives a glimpse of the operations and activities that take place inside the market’s walls.