Industry on Parade

Year Published: 1950

Complete Record: CU title “industry on parade” CU text “A pictorial review of events in business and industry. Produced each week by the national association of manufacturers” CU title “masters of time” MS man looking through telescope (side view) MDS man looking through telescope CS telescope rotates downward MS man looking at watch CS man comparing watch and clock CS Elgin’s 15 million precision watch MS Elgin watch factory MS two men entering the factory, WS workers assembling watches with overseer in the back MS workers assembling watches MS woman puts pieces of watch together CS hands putting winding and setting mechanisms together MS woman putting in the barrel of watch CS hands putting in main spring of watch MS woman putting watch together MS incomplete watch placed on belt MS man (head) examines the assembly work CS man (fingers) examine the assembly work CS tweezers examine the watch piece MS man (head) examines watch through eye piece CS balance wheel and hair spring installed MS woman examines, screws in part of watch CS hands screwing screws CS (magnified) watch is adjusted CS tweezers adjusting watch CU man using tweezers to fix screws MS woman using machine to tell how accurate regulation was CU reading machine MS woman adding microscopic screws to balance wheel to correct its screen MS microscopic screws MS scale weighing tiny screws MS woman using tweezers to place dial of watch, minute and hour hands, second hand, clamped so the clock can be encased CU watches case being placed onto watch face MS completed watch in case CU text “Faster plaster!” MS two men pouring plaster into trough MS man pours plaster into trough MS man mixes powder in trough CS mixing plaster MS two men mixing plaster MS man toting 120 lbs. plaster MS man totes plaster up a ladder 2 MS man applies plaster to wall MS man pours into machine called “the Viking” MS man opens up bag of plaster, dumps it into machine MS machine mechanically mixes, man dumps it into storage tank MS storage tank MS plaster is pumped to the third floor CS machine pumping plaster MS pan on tube going up to 3rd floor window MS man sprays plaster onto brick wall MS plaster sprayed on like paint CS plaster sprayed on wall MS man smoothes plaster onto wall as another watches MS man smoothes plaster onto wall CU title “Candy Craft!” MS men adjusting candy kettle boilers company: W.S. Shraft in Boston MS man stands near machine MS man takes temperature reading at kettle boiler MS man turns dials to drip candy out CS candy drips out of machine into container MS liquid stamped into corn starch molds MS trays move down belt MS machine cool and solidifies candy MS hands sort and arrange pieces MS pieces are coated with milk chocolate MS women apply decorative effects on chocolate MS chocolate continues up a belt MS hands place chocolate in paper wrappers and into boxes MS hands place flat chocolate pieces into box MS chocolate placed into box MS chocolate boxes weighed MS women pack boxes MS woman feeds boxes into wrapping machine MS women wrap individual boxes MS woman and wrapped heart shaped box CU title “The quest for cortisone!” WS laboratories of the Upjohn company MS man pours powder into jar CS powder poured into machine MS machine dispenses pills MS cortisone in a jar MS man looks at roots CS roots and herbs MS woman with laboratory equipment MS hands creating artificial cortisone MS hands adjust machine MS man analyzes chemicals with machine MS researching machine MS door opens , reads: high voltage laboratory MS man stacks small bottles MS man operates control room MS voltage meters MS man at control room MS women working at machines CS machine creates vitamin capsules MS machine drops out pills MS hands spread pills on a tray for examination WS factory floor of pharmaceutical company CU title “tireless hauler” MS bags of goods rolled up a belt MS man takes bags onto truck WS building of BF Goodrich MS men examining conveyer belts MS conveyer fabric rolling off machine MS large belt being rolled MS man opiates machine that presses rubber into fabric MS man pulls belt out of machine MS men examine the belts MS man cuts excess MS man checks that machine is operating well MS belt rolls of machine MS men lower press onto belt MS man operating transmission belt machine MS transmission belt machine rolling up belt MS Barrel with text: “It’s another BF Goodrich conveyor belt” MS grocery store women placing items on belt MS woman takes groceries off belt and bags them CU title “The national desert!” MS boy walks out of store with ice cream cone CS boy looks at ice cream cone MS man looks into ice cream kettle MS ice cream kettle fills up MS women pack ice cream pints CS packing ice cream pints MS men pack pints into tray to be sent to refrigerator MS trays enter the freezer MS woman places cups into machine MS machine fills Dixie cups MS woman operates frost stick machines MS man places racks of sticks onto ice cream molds MS men separate stick from molds MS chocolate added to ice cream by machine MS women pushes wrapped frost sticks onto belt MS hand showing wrapped frost stick MS boy licks ice cream cone CS boy with ice cream on face licking chocolate ice cream