- Title: VM-347
- Summary: CRACKERS BY THE BILLIONS: NABISCO INDUSTRIAL. MAKING COOKIES AND CRACKERS FROM THE FIELDS OF WHEAT TO THE FINAL BAKED PRODUCT. RITZ CRACKERS. INDUSTRIAL BAKING. WORKERS WASH UP. HOUSEWIFE BAKES IN KITCHEN.
- Description:00:00:48 - 1950s HOUSEWIFE BAKES IN KITCHEN. MIXING INGREDIENTS. FLOUR SUGAR. MILK. SIFTING FLOUR 00:01:10 - YOUNG SON ENTERS KITCHEN, WANTS A SNACK. MOTHER TAKES BOX OF RITZ CRACKERS OUT OF KITCHEN CABINET FOR SON TO HAVE AS A SNACK. CU BOY EATING CRACKERS 00:01:41 - HOUSEWIFE TURNS ON THE OVEN TO BAKE. 00:01:51 - CU ELECTRIC BEATER MIXING BATTER. CU PUTS LID ON FLOUR CONTAINER 00:01:57 - FIELDS OF WHEAT 00:02:08 - CU LOW ANGLE FARMER WEARS A STRAW HAT 00:02:12 - WHEAT FIELDS RUSTLING IN THE BREEZE. 00:02:24 - FARMER IN WHEAT FIELD TESTING WHEAT TO SEE IF IT'S RIPE. CU GRAINS IN HIS HAND. WHEAT READY TO BE HARVESTED. 00:02:50 - FARMER CLIMBS ON HIS TRACTOR, HARVESTING WHEAT CROPS. 1950s FARMING EQUIPMENT 00:04:13 - CU GRAINS POURING OUT OF MACHINE AND INTO BACK OF TRUCK 00:04:40 - WHEAT BUYER IN 1950s CAR PULLS UP TO FARMER, CHECKS HIS WHEAT HARVEST. WHEAT POURS FROM HIS HANDS. 00:05:11 - 1950s FLOUR MILL. TALL STORAGE TANKS. FREIGHT TRAIN PULLS INTO MILL YARD. CARS AT UNLOADING DOCK. WHEAT EMPTIED FROM FREIGHT CAR. MEN TURNING HUGE WHEEL. WHEAT POURED OUT OF FREIGHT CAR AND CARRIED INTO STORAGE BIN. 00:07:30 - INSPECTOR CHECKS WHEAT QUALITY. WHEAT POURS FROM HIS HAND 00:07:45 - WORKER WEIGHS WHEAT ON INDUSTRIAL SCALES 00:07:56 - EXTERIOR WHEAT MILL, STORAGE TANKS 00:08:11 - IN MILL BAKERY FLOUR IS MADE BY CRACKING THE KERNELS OF GRAIN. MACHINES SHAKE, GYRO-SIFTER. WORKER CHECKS FINE GRAINS HE TAKES FROM THE GYRO-SIFTER. 00:08:52 - WORKERS USES SILK SCREENS TO FURTHER SIFT THE GRAINS. 00:09:02 - YARD WORKER GESTURES WITH HIS ARM DIRECTING STAINLESS STEEL WHEAT TRANSPORT FREIGHT CAR INTO PLACE 00:09:24 - FREIGHT TRAIN LEAVING MILL YARD 00:09:30 - GRAIN TRANSPORT PROCESS. MILL WORKERS LOADING GRAINS WITH A PNEUMATIC TUBE. LOADING HATCHES BOLTED DOWN AND SEALED. NABISCO FREIGHT TRAIN PULLS OUT OF MILL YARD 00:10:08 - PAN NABISCO BAKERY EXTERIOR "WORLD'S LARGEST BAKERY" NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY. 00:10:47 - BLACK CLEANER ON MACHINE THAT PULLS A MOP BEHIND IT. 00:10:58 - FOREMAN WITH PILE OF PAPERS FLIPS PAPERS OVER 00:11:02 - HUGE STORAGE ROOM WITH INGREDIENTS FOR BAKING. WORKER DRIVES A FORKLIFT THROUGH WAREHOUSE COLLECTING SACKS OF SUGAR, SHORTENING, CHOCOLATE, YEAST. 00:11:21 - WORKER OPENS HUGE REFRIGERATOR DOOR 00:11:26 - FREIGHT CARS DRIVEN INTO FREIGHT DOCKING AREA. CU WORKER OPENS HATCH AT BOTTOM OF FREIGHT CAR, INSERTS A TUBE, FLOUR UNLOADED AT BAKERY BY PNEUMATIC CONVEYOR. GIANT FLOUR BINS 00:12:43 - INDUSTRIAL SIZE FLOUR SIFTER. DOUGH MIXER STARTS GYRO SIFTER 00:13:03 - CU HOUSEWIFE IN HER KITCHEN SIFTING FLOUR 00:13:07 - CU INDUSTRIAL SIFTER SHAKING. 00:13:11 - BAKER OPENS DOOR TO AN UPRIGHT MIXER, FLOUR POURING DOWN INTO THE MIXER. CLOSES DOOR AND PULLS KNOB. 00:13:29 - BAKER OPENS HUGE DOOR OF UPRIGHT MIXER. HUGE PILE OF COOKIE DOUGH POURED OUT OF MIXER INTO OVEN BELOW. 00:14:11 - MASSIVE MIXING BOWL SLID INTO PLACE BELOW SPINDLE MIXER. CRACKER DOUGH MIXED IN SPINDLE MIXER. 00:14:47 - CU 1950s ELECTRIC MIXER IN BOWL 00:14:51 - CU INDUSTRIAL MIXER. CU HAND PRESSES BUTTONS. MIXING CRACKER DOUGH. WORKER OPENS TOP OF SPINDLE MIXER, 00:15:12 - CRACKER DOUGH DRIVEN INTO PROOF ROOM, LIFTED & POURED INTO OVEN. 00:16:02 - MASSIVE AMOUNT OF INDUSTRIAL OVENS AT NABISCO BAKERY 00:16:16 - ROWS AND ROWS OF COOKIES COMING OUT OF OVENS 00:16:28 - CU PANS OF COOKIES BEING CUT ON THE BIAS 00:16:43 - INDUSTRIAL ICER SQUEEZES OUT PERFECT PORTIONS OF CREAM TO TOP COOKIES 00:16:51 - MASSIVE PANS OF CRACKERS COME OUT OF OVEN. CU BAKED CRACKERS 00:17:04 - ON MASSIVE COOKIE CUTTER CRACKERS ON ROUND ROLLER COOKIE CUTTER, OTHERS ON SHEETS OF STEEL. 00:17:25 - MECHANIC WORKS ON MACHINE IN F/G. WORKER SETS CUTTER. CUTTER MOVES DOWN DOUGH CUTTING INTO SHAPE, EXCESS DOUGH REMOVED AUTOMATICALLY & SENT OFF IN ANOTHER DIRECTION. 00:18:00 - INDUSTRIAL BAKER ADDS SALT, CRACKERS LIGHTLY SALTED ON WAY TO OVEN. 00:18:25 - BAKER OPENS OVEN DOOR, CHECKS OVEN HEAT 00:18:41 - BLACK CLEANER ON MACHINE THAT PULLS A MOP 00:18:51 - ROWS AND ROWS OF BAKED RITZ CRACKERS COME OUT OF THE OVEN BAKER SCOOPS A BUNCH OF CRACKERS UP AND WEIGHS THEM ON SCALE. 00:19:19 - WOMEN IN LAB TESTING CRACKER SAMPLES, QUALITY CHECKS. WOMAN WEARING A HAIR NET. 00:20:04 - CRACKERS COME OUT OF THE OVEN AND MOVE UNDER A FINE SPRAY OF COCONUT OIL. ENRICHED. 00:20:24 - RITZ CRACKERS SPILLING OFF CONVEYOR ONTO COOLING BELT. 00:20:48 - NABISCO RITZ CARTONS LINED WITH WAX PAPER ARE FILLED WITH CRACKERS. PACKAGING FINISHED PRODUCT. NUMBER COUNTER ABOVE CONVEYOR COUNTS NUMBER OF BOXES PASSING THROUGH. 00:22:22 - PACKAGED BOXES PILED HIGH IN SHIPPING ROOM. FORKLIFT DRIVER MOVES BOXES IN WAREHOUSE. LOADING DOCK TRAFFIC CONTROLLER USING RADIO ON MOTORIZED CART TO COMMUNICATE. 00:22:42 - SHIPMENTS OF RITZ CRACKERS LOADED ONTO DELIVERY TRUCK, TRUCK LEAVES LOADING DOCK 00:23:35 - EXTERIOR NABISCO BAKERY, 1950s. DELIVERY TRUCK LEAVES BAKERY 00:23:45 - FREIGHT TRAIN LEAVES BAKERY FOR LONG DISTANCE DELIVERY 00:24:00 - BAKERS WASHING THEIR HANDS IN INDUSTRIAL BAKERY. WORKER'S CAP EMBROIDERED WITH "SAFETY FIRST" 1950s BAKERS. 00:24:22 - FEMALE LAUNDRY WORKERS, WOMAN STANDS BEHIND DUTCH DOOR AS FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS PASS AND WAVE. 00:24:34 - FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS GOING OFF SHIFT HAND IN THEIR UNIFORMS AT FACTORY LAUNDRY ROOM 00:24:52 - EXTERIOR NABISCO BAKERY 00:24:56 - WORKERS LEAVING BAKERY GOING OFF SHIRT. WOMAN PICKED UP IN 1950s CAR. PICKED UP AFTER WORK SHIFT IS OVER. 00:25:06 - CU LITTLE BOY EATING RITZ CRACKERS WHILE HIS MOTHER BAKES 00:25:09 - WHEAT FIELDS. HARVESTER. 00:25:15 - FLOUR MILL STORAGE TANKS 00:25:18 - CU BAKED RITZ CRACKERS SPILLING DOWN CONVEYOR
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: VM-347