LIFELINE

[Music] this is the story of rope and Twine one of the work a day Wonders that add up to the miracle of American production it's a dramatic story packed with action variety and color it's also the story of 160 million people from coast to coast of you and me enjoying the necessities and the luxuries of This Land of Plenty made and delivered with the help of those Twisted fiber products that are known by those who use them as cottage preps you as I was will be amazed to learn the thousand and one ways in which rope and Twine serveice night and day directly and indirectly helping in the Colossal job of bringing us everything we eat or wear or use here you see the sauce of pulpwood the first step in making a newspaper but not only your newspaper the lumber that built your home the chair in which you scan the headlines they all came from the lumber Camp a great user of cottage products this tree topper Stakes his life on the high climbers rope a line engineered for easy handling but made with a wire heart to protect it against the bite of a misdirected axxe now here's the paper in which you'll read tomorrow's headlines coming off the highp Speed presses to keep Pace with the presses and the demands of other Industries where tying speed is essential this unique machine was developed at Plymouth it ties bundles quickly economically with safe disposable tying twine it's machine made joint being twice as strong as hand tied nuts this is just one example of the research and Engineering that continually improves the performance of cotage products in Industry just a piece of rope well as a matter of fact there's no such thing as just a piece of rope let me explain this is the high climbers line which we just saw it's a quality rope a especially made for one job alone now it's that way with all ropes they're all especially engineered for the task at hand and they all have names names that mean a lot to the men who use them like this one now that may look like the one I just put down but it's entirely different this rope is called stormline a rope used by the maintenance Crews who keep the electricity flowing in your home now here's a mountain climbers rope it's made of nylon what every do you see rope or twine at work you see a quality product designed and made with a care befitting any working tool on which property and human life must depend we can't show you all the different ropes and twines but we can show you many let's see for instance how one of these products binder twine helps our Farmers Gather in their harvests grain for flour comes from the blazing Plains of the middle west on some of the Farms binders cut and tie the wheat strong binder twine securely ties and holds the bundles of wheat until they are threshed from the Farms to the flower mills to the Bakers and to your kitchen rope helps move Grain on its way this is another type of rope called shovel line it's a tough rope specially built to resist the Sandpaper action of hard surfaced grain and from another type of farm the the cattle ranch comes meat for the national order and here's a spectacular rope the lariat which must stand up under repeated shock loads abrasion and exposure to sand to Sun rain and wind it plays a vital role in the hands of the colorful Cowboy to bring you beef for steaks and hamburgers roasts and stews while the calf sire shows that all wrestlers are not on television not only meat but everything that keeps us the best fed Nation on Earth comes from our own fertile farms and Baylor TR is in the front line helping to harvest the hay that feeds the cows that produce all our dairy [Music] products even evenly spun so as not to jam the Bor mechanism treated against rot rodents and insects specially wound to be completely free running this twine Has the strength it needs as you can [Music] see then there's food from the sea a favorite and the rich variety of the American dinner table and for The Men Who man the fishing fleets dozens of special ropes and Twins and special treatments have been developed to keep Pace with the progress in fishing techniques for example in the cold and Rough Waters near the uian islands you'll find the halet fishermen their preparations are carefully made the catch is made with a spaced out series of baited hooks attached to lines that are w it down to Deep Water the lines and hooks must first be coiled in such a manner that the line will not snag when LED out from the moving boat into the [Music] water there goes the ground line with its baited Hooks and the treated buoy line with a red flag to mark it for pickup after the catch is ready [Music] look at these Beauties soon to be on the way to your table the ground line and buoy line both designed for this specific job both able to withstand the attack of marine microorganisms have played an important part in bringing you food lobsters for The Gourmet are caught with another specially engineered rope called potw made to resist Distortion from swiftly running tides and the abrasion encountered by continual movement on Rocky [Music] bottoms the choice morsel is taken out of the lster a pot and then the pot is rebaited dropped to the bottom to catch still another schoolish such as tuna salmon sardines are caught by what is known as paining the pur line and net are let out then drawn up and closed underwater to form a purse in which the fish are held prisoner the purse line itself must have high tensil strength a resistance to the friction from continual running through the Rings in the net here's the shimmering Harvest boed with the aid of rope engineered for just this purpose and now the biggest fish story of them all wailing a source of his essential oil for your soaps and perfumes that's the foregoer or Forerunner a specially constructed rope light and flexible well suited to following the Harpoon accurately and of course with strength enough for the battle [Music] ahead notice the difference between the small small TR of the foregoer both of them products made with this moment in mind now to spot the [Music] catch now she blows this is the gunman's moment straight and true to the Target the for now has to prove its worth here's a catch many times bigger than a Marlin swordfish or tuna aboard ship another quality rope the whale line runs so fast it has to be cooled by [Music] water then comes the catch watch carefully you may never be this close to a spouting whale it's a sight even Old Timer seld them see except at a distance from the deep sea to ducks and harvers is a long way but shipping with its cargos and passengers depend on specially made ropes coffee from Brazil wool spices from the Far East Lumber pipe countless products are moved by a variety of cargo handling ropes whether loading or unloading behind our whole transportation system is rope and at the entrance to New York Harbor there's a lady who knows about good rope she sees its handiwork every day ships from the Seven Seas plow slowly through the harbor water the sturdy Workhorse of the harbor the tug takes over first with the aid of a light but strong heaving Ryme then with a heavy six 8 or 10 in Tugboat line to safely connect tug and ship for ducking on Deck The Crew takes the Rope I mean line sir the entire ducking operation with a ship worth tens of millions of dollars depending for safety on the strength of the rope that holds it to the pier calls for a quality product equal to any challenge the pull of the ship is so strong that it literally rings out the water from the line one type is known as sleevel a rope with an exclusive combination of extra strength flexibility and resistance to Kinks finally the giant ship is held by a network of lines breast lines bow lines Stern lines spring lines each strategically placed each engineered for its job the Workhorse of the harbor the tug has many other chores for rope it may be to move a barge here's a cowboy the kids probably never saw instead of a horse he rides a dick his larat is a heavy rope a special Tugboat line flexible and soft easy to handle strong and water resistant notice how these qualities in the Rope show up in the hands of the skillful deck hand or the tug's job may be in rough Seas for her work doesn't end at the Harbor's Edge the towing haa rides through the heaviest of seas in and out of the the water nylon with its high elasticity and abrasion resistance is being used more and more the manufacturer of this particular rope tens of thousands of dollars of cargo are entrusted to these horses which are the only link with the tug and an eventual Safe Harbor car floats lash to the tugs that move them FY Freight cars across the rivers and to maneuver the free cars to the tracks aboard the barge car puller rope made to stand up under continual friction helps get the job done away from the saltwater and the picturesque land of Mark Twain stubby noosed River toe boats nudge bges of vital materials along our Inland Waterway system River traffic is moving along the fingers of water that stretch out to link the heart of the nation to the port of New Orleans in the locks that make the rivers navigable gradually stepping them down to sea level river lock line internally lubricated and especially Twisted to resist Distortion and keep the Rope manageable when wet serves as a break to ease the barge to a [Music] stop on the great lakes or and slag Laden Lake Fighters are towed and moed to unloading areas where buckets take the a from ship to freight car to the steel mills the openo furnace fiery Beacon of heavy industry blazes over steelt town where this material more versatile than any that an ancient Alchemist could dream of is changed into steel girders for buildings Bridges Highway construction the products that are the miracle of our time from the oil fields come fuel for your Winter's heat gas and oil for your car as in many other Industries oil wells use two types of rope wire rope with fiber centers to give the wire flexibility or they use rope made of 100% fiber as in this spinning line the spinning line acts as a super wrench to join sections of drill pipe which reach down deep into the Earth for the crude oil in Industry after industry all types of specialized ropes are at work bringing us the products we use in our everyday [Music] life a VI sudden storm lightning heavy Relentless rain then the rainbow the storm is over but in its wake paralysis streets are flooded wires have been cut telephones are dead The Wonder of electricity suspended here's when the importance of rope really hits home your utility company rushes a crew of troubleshooters to the scene rope goes up the pole with the lineman this is Storm line it's a rope which is mildew and rut proof resistant to water strong and [Music] safe Time Square at night with its gay colors the entrance to the world of [Music] entertainment a visit back stage of the world-renowned Radio City Music Hall is always exciting I remember of the famous dancing Rockets framed against a background of rope gets some rosin on the Soles of Her Shoes the scene shifters are at work setting the world's largest stage for one of the theater's great spectacles sitting out front watching this precise performance is a thrill behind the scenes four miles of rope expertly handle ensure that the show goes on throughout the world of entertainment and Sport other types and sizes of rope are used like the sko Rope a specially engineered non-revolving rope with strands that won't open and close and catch gloves or sweaters rope helps make the climb easy and safe and adds to the real thrill that comes when you are weaving away down a winry slope in any town along the highway sites like this are not uncommon it's Carnival time with its shows and side shows the tent becomes a flexible building tight against wind and weather held there by good tent rope that is flexible and won't shrink one of the most throwing of all Outdoor Adventures mountain climbing the rope that spells safety is selected with utmost care no wonder when your life depends on it nylon mountain climbing rope has extremely high breaking strength resistance to The Cutting effect of sharp rocks among the proudest possessions of the Plymouth Cottage company are letters from men such as these saying thanks for a rope that saved their lives [Applause] all if you like the rodeo and who doesn't watch this cowboy rope entire calf although this part of the film is actually in slow motion it seems at normal speed so fast does the cowboy handle his horse and lar it and securely bind the calf's feet with the pigan string [Applause] [Music] for those whose sport is sailing there are the finest of Manila nylon or linen ropes anyone with a good pair of sea legs and salt in his blood can't resist the lure of FR like this the skipper and Crews who man the big race of the Year also know their ropes made to be mildew proof water resistant strong and yet easily handled in the summer or in warmer climbs rope used for water skiing brings helpful pleasure again it calls for a rope that's been made just right for the job this pretty young lady's skill must be helped by the craftsmanship of men who make rope but industry of all kinds sports and entertainment they all have to bow when the Armed Forces need cotage products in World War II United States cotage industry chipp its output in rope and trunk line let prepare to do it again if necessary rope made in the United States available for the use of our Armed Forces is a top priority product literally the lifeline of our nation this Pilot's plane crash landed in the sea caught fire the pilot struggled [Music] free then when he was just about exhausted the lifeline helped him to the rescue ship where strong hands pulled him aboard restored his claim to the [Music] Future wounded men take the the stretcher route from pickup ship to hospital ships providing them with the best medical care available food is transferred from Supply ships to combat vessel keeping our men well fed no matter where they may be assault troops go over the side to Landing barges ammunition moves toward the beach head all helped by rope ships are refueled at Sea extending the Navy's striking power across the vast oceans doctors are shuttled to perform Emergency Operations aboard smaller vessels thanks to the men who know fibers and how to Fashion them into a special rope for each purpose the Rope you can [Music] trust accepting this responsibility to supply top quality rope AR companies typified by the Plymouth cordage Company where skill and knowledge in the selection and Grading of fibers is the first step in making ropes that can meet any test skillfully combed the fibers are prepared for the spinning machine where they are expertly twisted into Yarns then the Ys in their turn are formed into strands a change in the amount of twist can determine the entire characteristic of the final product and finally the strands are laid into [Music] rope but in the Plymouth laboratory the largest cordage laboratory in the world tests on the abrasion machine and the flexing machine or in the soil burial room point the way to a better product rope has many natural enemies but tests such as these uncovered ways to increase its life the Rope sample in the last bottle was specially treated and has resisted Marine parasites and now the final test demonstrating the extra strength that is not the exception but the rule with all Plymouth cotage products the arrow marks the point of specified strength the dial indicates the actual pounds of pull on the Rope note how easily the specifications are met then passed the Rope still holds the pull is increased the Rope Fights Back higher higher before it [Music] breaks this is one of the big brothers in the family an 8in Towing horer and this is one of the small fry a length of garden twine now in between there are literally hundreds of varieties and sizes of rope and Twine the r 400 uses for these products like members of any family they have some different characteristics but they also have a lot in common whether they be made from fiber such as Manila or Cilan synthetics whether they're Mighty hes for ducking an ocean liner or a small length of green twine like this to use and staking the flowers in your garden whatever their job whatever the raw material from which they came they were all specially engineered expertly manufactured to provide extra safety extra quality the Plymouth tradition means putting longer life and greater value in what is truly our nation's [Music] lifeline oh [Music] yeah