- Title: V-5058
- Summary: SYNTHETIC FIBERS: NYLON & RAYON: A CHEMIST EXPLAINS TO TWO BOYS HOW A SPIDER'S METHOD OF SPINNING A WEB COMPARES WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS. THEN SHOWS IN DETAIL THE PROCESSES BY WHICH RAYON AND NYLON ARE MADE. PICTURES BRIEFLY THE MANUFACTURE OF A NYLON HOSE. AUTOMATIC LOOMS WEAVE. SCIENCE LAB. EXPERIMENT. MAN SHOWS EXPERIMENT TO BOYS. SPOOL. MAKING RAYON. CU SPIDER. WEB THREAD COMES OUT. SPIDER'S BUTT. UGLY BOY. WOOD LOGS GO INTO PULP MILL. CHOPPED UP PULP. PAPER, RAYON MILL. SHEETS PUT INTO TANK. WORKERS WEAR GOGGLES. PAPER DROPPED INTO HOLE IN FLOOR. SHREDDED. FLUFFY CRUMBS GO DOWN CHUTE. HUGE VAT CHURNS. DISSOLVED IN CHEMICALS. THICK LIQUID. SCIENCE LAB. ACID BATH. SPINNING MACHINE. CU SPINNER. SPINNERETTE. RAYON YARN. SPOOL OR CAKE OF YARN. MAN-MADE FABRIC. CLOTH FROM COAL - NYLON. STEAM SHOVEL LIFTS UP COAL. HEATED. HOW NYLON IS MADE. BOTTLES OF CHEMICALS. KID CAN'T PRONOUNCE CHEMICAL NAMES. MIXES CHEMICALS. BEAKER. MAN TURNS WHEEL AT NYLON PLANT. MAN AT CONTROL PANEL. GAUGES. LOTS OF PIPES. COOKING CHEMICALS. STRIPS OF NYLON. TURNS CRANK. FILAMENTS. SPUN ONTO MACHINE. STOCKING MILL. PANTYHOSE. HOSIERY MILL. KNITTING. MACHINE. WOMAN SEWS STRIPS ON INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE TO MAKE A STOCKING. LEG FORMS. MOLDS. WOMAN'S HAND. LOOKS AT STOCKINGS. BOYS ASK A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1949
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1940s
- File Name: V-5058