LaRue Personal Reel 5 - Industrial Demo
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In 1936, Mervin W. LaRue Sr. established his own company, Mervin W. LaRue, Inc., which sold industrial movies and specialized in the production of medical motion pictures, scientific films and illustrations. This demo reel was found in Mervin Sr.’s personal collection and includes a variety of different kinds of industrial footage, including images of a gold refinery/foundry, a pasta factory where Red Cross Spaghetti is being produced and packaged, a mural, the pollen from a flower, trees being sprayed (with pesticide?) from a tractor, and concluding with images of a sunset.
Credits
LaRue, Mervin W., Sr. (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: LaRue Collection
Subjects: Factories; Processes and techniques; Food industry; Machinery; Agriculture; Flowers; Sunrises and sunsets; Precious metals
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 236 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/22285
Subjects: Factories; Processes and techniques; Food industry; Machinery; Agriculture; Flowers; Sunrises and sunsets; Precious metals
Language: English
Cfa elements: Reversal Positives, 236 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/22285
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:24