- Title: F-5070
- Summary: INDUSTRY ON PARADE: STOCK PILES OF BULK RAW MATERIALS. AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY. CREATING NEW COTTON WRINKLE FREE FABRIC. COMPETITION. EARLY COMPUTER TICKET AGENT TECHNOLOGY. EXTREMELY PRIMITIVE ELECTRONICS. EARLY, EARLY FAX MACHINE. IMPROVEMENTS IN PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION. INTRA-FAX MACHINE.
- Description:05:19:11 - WORKER WITH CLIP BOARD LOOKING AT STOCK PILE OF BULK RAW MATERIAL. 05:19:22 - AIRPLANE FLYING, AERIAL OVER CLEVELAND, OHIO OVERHEAD PHOTOGRAPHY AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY USED TO TAKE INVENTORY OF BULK MATERIALS. CU CAMERA UNDER NOSE OF AIRPLANE POV OVER STOCK PILE 05:19:51 - PLANE LANDS AT AERIAL SURVEY HEADQUARTERS. DARK ROOM TECHNICIAN TAKES BOX OF FILM FROM PHOTOGRAPHER. 05:20:07 - DARK ROOM LIGHT IN USE FLASHING. DARK ROOM SIGN. INTERIOR DARK ROOM, TECHNICIAN INSPECTING NEGATIVES. 05:20:22 - KELSH PLOTTER, USED TO SUPERIMPOSE TWO NEGATIVES TO FORM SINGLE PICTURE. SPECIAL GLASSES ALLOWS OPERATOR TO VIEW 3D IMAGE ON WHICH CONTOURS CAN BE PLOTTED. ELEVATED MAP. PLANIMETER MOVED ALONG THE LINES, COMPUTING SQUARE FOOTAGE WITHIN EACH LEVEL. TOPOGRAPHY. 05:21:18 - MAN WALKS PAST STOCK PILE OF RAW MATERIALS 05:21:23 - ASSEMBLY LINE WORKERS ASSEMBLING CLOCKS. CU FLOATING CLOCK IN BOX 05:22:07 - SCIENTISTS & PRODUCTION EXPERTS MEETING IN RESEARCH BUILDING, COTTON FABRIC MILL. WORKING ON COTTON CLOTH THAT WILL RESIST WRINKLING AFTER WASHING & DRYING. 05:22:30 - CHEMICAL SOLUTION IS TRIED OUT ON LABORATORY MODEL OF A FABRIC IMPREGNATING MACHINE. 05:22:51 - RESEARCHERS IN A PILOT PLANT TURNING OUT SMALL QUANTITIES OF NEW WRINKLE FREE COTTON FABRIC FOR MARKET TESTING. WORKERS TEST FABRIC. 05:23:09 - INTERIOR FABRIC CLOTH MILL. FORKLIFT MOVES HUGE BOLT OF FABRIC. 05:23:23 - FABRIC DIPPED IN SOLUTION. CLOTH IN BIG DRYING OVENS. FABRIC EMERGING FROM THE OVENS. 05:23:47 - "CONTROL LAB" ON DOOR. INTERIOR CONTROL LAB DUPLICATING HOME LAUNDRY CONDITIONS. TESTING THE FABRICS. WOMAN TAKING CHILD'S DRESS FROM CLOTHES DRYER, FOLDING DRESS ON TOP OF DRYER 05:24:09 - NEW YORK CITY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 05:24:15 - PROFESSOR DEVISES A "FABRIC-OMETOR" USING PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS TO MEASURE WRINKLES. ESTABLISHING SCIENTIFIC PROOF OF FABRIC WRINKLE FREE CLAIM. CU PHOTOMETRIC SCALE 05:24:58 - CARPENTERS HANGING DOORS. SCREWDRIVER USED TO INSTALL DOORS. HINGED DOORS. 05:25:41 - METAL WORKING FACTORY. MASS PRODUCTION OF DOOR HINGES. HOLES DRILLED & COUNTERSUNK IN HINGE AT SAME TIME. PILES OF HINGES. 05:27:40 - LACE MAKING FACTORY, ARTISTS RECREATING, DRAWING LACE PATTERN ON PAPER. DESIGNING LACE PATTERNS USING MAGNIFYING GLASS. LACE CURTAINS. 05:28:19 - INTERIOR PENNSYLVANIA STATION. PENN STATION. ELECTRONIC TICKET SALES. PASSENGERS AT TICKET COUNTER. TELEVISION RECEIVERS, EARLY COMPUTER MONITOR. CAMERAS RECORD SYMBOLS OF ALL TRAINS SERVICING PENNSYLVANIA STATION. ELECTRONICS RELAY ORDER TO SPACE DISTRIBUTOR WHERE COUPONS ARE STORED LIKE THEATER TICKETS. 05:29:17 - CLERK OPERATES EARLY FAX MACHINE, TICKET FACSIMILE COMES OUT. PULLS OUT METAL MATRIX WHICH PRINTS THE FARE COUPON THAT GOES WITH THE RESERVATION 05:29:41 - CLERK GIVES PASSENGER HER TICKET. 05:29:55 - BANK OF TELEPHONE OPERATORS TAKING TELEPHONE ORDERS FOR PENNSYLVANIA STATION TRAVEL TICKETS TILT DOWN WALL OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS. COMPLEX SWITCHING APPARATUS LINKING ONE HUNDRED TELEVISION RECEIVERS & 105 CAMERAS. CU PAN CAMERAS 05:30:44 - CU TELAUTOGRAPH MACHINE. INTRA-FAX MACHINES. WOMAN INSERTS PNEUMATIC TUBE INTO FUNNEL, DROPS TUBE IN METAL BASKET IN ANOTHER PART OF THE BUILDING 05:31:05 - FILE CLERK ON DESK & CHAIR ON WHEELS MOVES ALONG REFILING SPACE COUPONS 05:31:14 - PORTER TAKES PASSENGER'S COAT, PORTER & CONDUCTOR HELP WOMAN ONTO TRAIN. PORTER SEES PASSENGER TO HER SEAT ON TRAIN. 05:31:42 - TAPE ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-5070