- Title: V-5087
- Summary: INDUSTRY ON PARADE:
- Description:01:41:25 - BOAT'S SKIPPER ON STERN END OF BOAT 01:41:30 - DIVER ON END OF BOAT WEARING PRE-SCUBA DIVING OUTFIT. MAN PUTS ON HUGE HELMET FOR UNDERWATER BREATHING 01:41:41 - CU PROFILE OLD FISHERMAN WITH WEATHER-BEATEN FACE 01:41:43 - DIVER JUMPS INTO WATER & SLOWLY SINKS UNDER THE WATER 01:42:13 - MAN FEEDS BREATHING TUBE OVER SIDE OF SHIP. 01:42:15 - COIL OF ROPE & TUBING 01:42:21 - DIVER POPS OUT OF WATER, PULLED OVER TO BOAT WITH ROPE 01:42:41 - MAN DUMPS NET FULL OF SPONGES ONTO FLOOR OF FISHING BOAT 01:43:01 - BOATS LINED UP AT TARPON SPRINGS DOCKS 01:43:08 - CU OF SPONGE FISHING BOATS WITH GREEKS NAMES: AGEOS SPERIDON, STAVROS, ATHANASIA KALIOPE, SOCRATES 01:43:19 - SPONGES HUNG UP TO DRY ON BOAT'S BOOM MAST 01:43:39 - BILLBOARD: "WORLD'S LARGEST SPONGE EXCHANGE" 01:43:43 - SPONGE AUCTION, BIDDERS LOOK THROUGH RINGS OF SPONGES TO DECIDE ON BEST QUALITY 01:43:56 - MEN LOADING SPONGES ONTO BACK OF TRUCK 01:44:10 - TRUCK DRIVES AWAY LOADED UP WITH SPONGES 01:44:20 - N.G. ARFARAS & CO, EXTERIOR SPONGE PROCESSING BUILDING. 01:44:24 - MEN SITTING AROUND WITH HUGE PILE OF NATURAL SPONGES ON FLOOR. PREPARE SPONGES FOR MARKET BY CLIPPING THEM & HITTING WITH MALLET 01:44:46 - MAN WITH BASKET OF SPONGES SORTS THEM INTO VARIOUS CUBICLES 01:45:05 - PEOPLE AT BANK. WOMAN GIVES BANK TELLER HER DEPOSIT BOOK 01:45:10 - BANK MANAGER TALKS WITH CLIENTS 01:45:13 - CU METAL CONTAINER "CAPITAL INVESTMENT". OPEN TO REVEAL $12,000 IN DOLLAR COINS 01:45:23 - MEN WORKING LAYING DOWN CONCRETE FLOOR 01:45:25 - BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 01:45:31 - MANY SUITS ON HANGERS MOVE ALONG ASSEMBLY LINE. LOOKS SIMILAR TO DRY CLEANERS 01:45:40 - PALMONA CALIFORNIA: GOLF CARTS 01:45:43 - FOURSOME OF GOLFERS ARRIVE AT HOLE ON GOLF CARTS. BATTERY-POWERED THREE-WHEEL VEHICLES CALLED AUTOETTES. WOMAN HITS GOLF BALL 01:46:04 - EXTERIOR FACTORY BUILDING OF WAYNE MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 01:46:09 - MAN CONSTRUCTING GOLF CARTS, ADDS HUGE SPRING 01:46:23 - PULLS CRANK & TIGHTENS BOLT 01:46:39 - MAN ADJUSTS FRONT LIGHT ON CART 01:46:41 - MAN PUTS CUSHIONS INTO TWO-SEATER CART. CHECKS OFF CHECK LIST 01:46:57 - CU LOGO FOR AUTOETTE 01:47:00 - MAN DRIVES CART AROUND FACTORY STEERING IT WITH ONLY ONE HANDLE 01:47:12 - TWO COUPLES PLAYING GOLF 01:47:21 - TWO WOMEN GET INTO CART, RIDE IT DOWN STEEP HILL ON GOLF COURSE 01:47:38 - BINGHAMTON, NEW YORK: PRODUCTS MADE OF WIRE 01:47:42 - MAN TAKING INVENTORY OF COILS OF STEEL WIRES HELD IN STOCK IN WAREHOUSE 01:47:50 - MEN IN FACTORY WORKROOM MAKING THINGS WITH STEEL WIRES INCLUDING LINING THE OUTSIDE OF TELEVISION CATHODE RAY TUBE SCREEN, MAKING SHOE RACK, METAL MESH BASKET 01:48:15 - MANUFACTURING METAL STAPLES 01:48:19 - MACHINE PUNCHING OUT STAPLES 01:48:25 - WORKER CHECKING HEAVY DUTY UPHOLSTORY STAPLES 01:48:31 - WORKER PUNCHNG METAL INTO MACHINE. ANCHORS USED TO FASTEN METAL DOOR FRAMES TO MASONRY. INSTANT SOLDER 01:48:40 - WOMEN WORKING ON CIRCULAR ASSEMBLY LINE MACHINE MAKING RACKS TO HOLD TIME CARDS FOR FACTORY. PLACING METAL PIECE INTO FRAME WHICH GETS AUTOMATICALLY WELDED BY MACHINE 01:49:11 - SUB-ASSEMBLY: WOMAN WORKS AT MACHINE ON TIME CARD RACK HOLDER 01:49:17 - CU AS MACHINE SPOT WELDS 01:49:21 - MAN INSPECT FINAL PRODUCT FOR DEFECTS 01:49:30 - WORKERS WELDING TOGETHER WIRE BACKS & SEATS FOR CHAIRS. PLACING WIRE METAL PIECES ONTO CHAIR BACK 01:49:48 - MAN PUTS CHAIR PIECE ONTO MACHINE TO INSTANT WELD 01:49:53 - EXECUTIVES & WORKER IN MEETING LOOKING OVER VARIOUS WIRE METAL PRODUCTS 01:50:17 - SECRETARY HAS COLD, WIPES NOSE WITH TISSUE 01:50:22 - PAN EMPTY MACHINE SHOP. ALL FACTORY MACHINES EMPTY. NO WORKERS 01:50:29 - FEMALE SCIENTIST DOING EXPERIMENTS 01:50:40 - WOMAN LOOKS THROUGH MICROSCOPE. SCIENCE RESEARCH 01:50:44 - MALE DOCTOR LISTENS WITH STETHESCOPE ON PATIENT BACK, SHIRTLESS MIDDLE-AGED MAN 01:50:52 - KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN: GIBSON GUITARS 01:50:55 - OLD MAN IN OVERALLS PLACES PIECE OF WOOD INTO MACHINE CALLED A SHAPER. LOCKS IT INTO PLACE, & PRESSES BUTTON TO TURN ON MACHINE 01:51:15 - MACHINE AUTOMATICALLY CUTS WOOD INTO SHAPE OF TEMPLATE, GUITAR BACK 01:51:32 - MAN CHECKS OUT SHAPE OF WOOD 01:51:41 - MAN USES JIGSAW TO CUT OUT SHAPE OF GUITAR FROM WOOD 01:51:51 - MAN USES BELT SANDER ON GUITAR PIECES. WOODWORKING 01:52:02 - MEASURE THAT WOOD IS THE EXACT THICKNESS IN VARIOUS PLACES ALONG PIECE & GOES BACK TO SANDING IT 01:52:17 - WOMAN OPERATES MACHINE THAT USES ELECTRONIC HEAT TO SEAL BRACES FOR SUPPORT ONTO GUITAR PIECE 01:52:26 - WOMAN FITTING MAHOGANY STRIPS CALLED LININGS ONTO THE SHAPED GUITAR RIMS. KEPT IN PLACE WITH CLAMPS UNTIL THE GLUE DRIES 01:52:43 - WOMAN INSPECTS GUITAR RIM & PLACES IT IN RACK 01:52:52 - MAN REMOVES GUITAR BODY FROM A FORM, LOOKS IT OVER & PLACES IT IN RACK 01:53:15 - GUITARS COMPLETE WITH MAHOGANY NECKS ARE PUT ONTO OVERHEAT CIRCULAR RACK 01:53:30 - MANY MEN WORK IN ROOM GIVING THE GUITARS HIGH GLOSS BUFFING & POLISHING 01:53:39 - PEOPLE INSPECTING THE FINAL PRODUCTS 01:53:47 - SEVERAL EMPLOYEES PLAYING GIBSON ELECTRIC GUITARS & MANDOLIN. INCLUDING JIM McCARTY, LEGENDARY GIBSON MAN. }C
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: V-5087