The George's New Suit (1955)

[Music] George is in a hurry this morning and no wonder the mail carrier is arriving at the farm where he lives George just knew there would be a package for him a really big [Music] package what do you suppose is in that package in just a moment we'll see it's a new suit a new wool suit that will help him keep warm in Winter and there are two new Cotton shirts that will look neat and cool in the summer and there's a new necktie George is pleased with his new clothes but suddenly he wonders where did my suit come from where was it made what was it made of then George had an idea he'd go to see McTavish maybe McTavish could help him find out now who do you think McTavish could be a sheep this is George's very own pet sheep mcsh and he is being sheared today with all the other sheep in the spring the long heavy winter wool of the sheep is trimmed off but where does the wool go after it leaves McTavish George doesn't know but he thinks he knows how to find out he's going to write a letter then he'll fasten the letter to the wool from his sheep McTavish this is what the letter says dear friend this wool came from my pet sheep McTavish please write and tell me what happens to the wool and how it is made into clothing Yours Truly George Moore isn't that a good letter well George hopes it is now let's go along with with George's letter and see what happened first a railway train took the wool and George's letter to a Woolen Mill in Massachusetts here at the Mill a man named Michael flare found George's letter and read it he decided he would answer George's letter and this is what he wrote Dear George the wool from your pet sheep came to the factory where I work the first thing we do with wool is inspect it and sort it then we wash it in big vs because the wool comes to us very dirty and greasy the tangly wool is combed and combed in a carting machine until it comes out all smooth and fine spinning machines twist and tug the wool and spin it out into yarn the yarn is dyed different colors on this weaving machine the yarn moves back and forth until there's a big roll of of new Woolen cloth this is the wool cloth we make in our Mill but we only make cloth here so I will send your letter along with the cloth to the clothing Factory your friend Michael flarity Newton Massachusetts so George's letter and the wool cloth arrived at a factory in New York City where wool clothing is made this this is David Reuben who found George's letter and he was kind enough to answer the letter too dear George my job is in a clothing Factory in New York City I take the wool cloth and lay out a pattern on top for cutting then I cut out the pieces for many suits all at once with a special cutter there are many expert tailor here in the factory who sew the pieces together these people work very fast each of them making a different part of the suit some of the machines sew button holes and other sew on cuffs and sleeves so suits are finished ready to go to stores and be sold your friend Dave Ruben 1358 Claremont Street New York City New York City my but georg's suit came a long way but how do we find out about George's Cotton shirts where does cotton come from and how does it become a shirt this time George writes to his uncle Howard Williams and this is how Mr Williams answers Dear George we raiseed cotton on my farm down here in Alabama cotton is a plant you know a plant that has big white bowls of cotton fiber and seeds in late summer we pick the cotton here on the farm the cotton is sent to a cotton Jin where all the seeds are combed out after the cotton is comb and CED it is spun into thread another Factory the cotton thread is woven into bolts of cloth the clothing Factory the cloth is cut and sewn in the shirts and other things we wear and sent off across the country to stores everywhere Yours Truly Uncle Howard rfd1 cville Alabama so that's where George's shirts came from but now the cloth in the neck tie is different from the wool in the suit or the cotton in Georgia's shirts where does the nylon and the necktie come from nylon is a new kind of fiber made from chemicals here the chemical is squirted out through small holes to make soft strong synthetic textile fibers for neck ties and for stockings and underwear and other things now mother has a beautiful silk dress George knows where silk comes from from Japan where silk worms spin very fine threads and Japanese workers weave the threads into silk cloth like the cloth in mother's dress George knows where leather for shoes comes from too skins from these cattle are sent to factories where the Skins are tanned pieces just the right size are cut out and then sewn together to make shoes there are other kinds of shoes too shoes made of rubber to keep our feet dry in the rain and Jo knows that some rubber comes from rubber trees in the East Indies sap is collected from these trees and used to make rubber so many people help us get our clothing people from all around the world George is proud of the letters he has received from some of these people and now when he goes to town it's twice as much fun looking in store Windows because George knows where clothing comes from do you [Music]