Industry on Parade: Western railroads, coal mining, basketball manufacturing, wheelchair invention

Year Published: 1950

Creator: National Association of Manufacturers

Complete Record: Westward America! 1950 census indicates population growth in California. Golden Gate bridge. Aerial footage of San Francisco city hall (?). University of California UC Berkeley campus clock tower. Various shots of trains on railroad tracks. Conductor leans out window of train car while smoking corn cob pipe. POV from inside train car as another train passes on track. High angle of cattle processing facility. Livestock moves from Union Pacific trains to corrals. Men herd cows out of train cars. WS of train yard. ECU of train wheels, gears, axles and piston. High speed Union Pacific trains. Great shots of steam trains, trains with smokestacks, railroad. A Message from Industry to You! Workman works in factory on drill press. Uses hose to spray down drill bits. High angle of train. Research laboratory with scientists, pipes, valves, glass, pumps, beakers. Mass production. High angle of floor of stock exchange. Man stands at podium with headset calling out to stocks and bonds traders. Factory worker operates circular machinery. WS of an industrial town. Town square with pillar looking down main street. People walk through square, woman on bicycle. Mechanical Male Digs Coal! Coal mining in Bakerton, Pennsylvania (PA). Coal mining buildings. Carts filled with coal on tracks, piles of coal, coal yard. Two mechanics work on a piece of equipment. The continuous miner automated digging machine developed by Joy manufacturing company of Pittsburgh. Coal miners no longer have to dig for coal by hand! Caterpillar treads, ripper head, conveyer belts. Loading boom swings from side to side. Men with lights on helmets get on coal carts and go down into underground mines. Machine digs for coal. Great shots of miners underground. Partners with Nature! Frozen food processing plant. Princeton, New Jersey (NJ). Trucks drive into vegetable processing factory. Men shovel large bins of produce with pitchforks. Vegetables on assembly line. Waste water flows down grates and storm drains into river. Scientist tests waste water quality. Quick shot of graphing machine. Water in canal goes through pumping stations and irrigates local farms. Barren farm fields. Irrigation pipes, sprinklers in forest. Pollution problem solved! Inventing for the Invalid! Cleveland factory. Man stands next to a flame-thrower to test fuel efficiency for jet engines. Inventor is H.J. Rand. Rand displays interior of his new washing machine with rubber alloy lining that works as a vacuum. Rand is inventor of motor driven wheelchair made for disabled veterans. Rand demonstrates wheelchair in his lab. A Message from Industry to You! Inflation in the far east. Asian woman hands man large stack of money. Piles of money are poured out of a bag. Interior department store. Women on escalator. Shopping for furniture. Price tags on chairs. Men getting off of bus or streetcar. Factory machinery and sparks coming off equipment. Federal Capitol building in Washington D.C. Interior senate or congressional chamber. Drawing Board to Backboard! Basketball manufacturing. Basketball game played on inside court. White and African American players. MCU of basketball hoop. Man wearing apron in factory wipes metal mold. Pours wax into round container to make a basketball mold. Woman paints starch on molds. Other women wrap mold in cloth and machine puts on extra layer. Rubber layers are added and ball goes into vulcanizer. Leather panels are cut and glued to ball. Balls are stamped with Spalding brand logo. Balls are measured, weighed, quality checked. High angle of game.