Film and Video

About this collection

A curated selection of moving picture content from Hagley's Audiovisual Collections

    For additional selections of online film and video content, select from the following collections:
    Avon Products
    Chamber of Commerce of the United States
    Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection
    DuPont Company
    Hanford Engineering Works
    History of Kevlar oral history interviews
    MCI Communications Corporation
    National Automobile Dealers Association
    Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division
    Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection
    Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company films
    Image: Cans of movie film ready for shipment. DuPont Company. Click to view

Search Collection

Pages

The Story of Creative Capital
Animated film on the history of capital and industry in the United States. Based on the 1955 pamphlet 'This Is du Pont: The Story of Creative Capital', it demonstrates the effect of personal investment on the broader American economy.
The Computer Comes to Marketing
Film introduction: 'This is another special motion picture report on a subject which Fortune believes to be of wide interest to management - the new business frontier of computer use by marketing executives.'
The Last Wheel Works: The Industrial Archaeology of a Wood Wheel Manufactory
A film record of the manufacturing process employed by Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, a wooden wheel producer located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Details each step required to fashion a 16-spoke carriage wheel from law lumber. Directed by Peter H. Smith and Robert M. Vogel. Written by Pierce Atkins. Filmed by Albert J. Robinson and Frank T. Herzog. Post Production by John W. Hiller and Karen Loveland. Technical support by Robert A. Howard, John D. Milner, Julia F. Davis, and Don Berkebile. With financial support from the Raymond John Wean Foundation.
War Construction in the Desert, Reel 02
Contains construction footage of areas 100 and 200. Shots of administrative and supervisory personnel include Major General L.R. Groves (Commanding General, Manhattan District, United States Corp. of Engineers), Colonel F.T. Matthias (Area Engineer), Lt. Col. B.T. Rogers (Deputy Area Engineer), Major W.F. Sapper (Executive Officer), H.D. Riley (Major, Corp. of Engineers), E.G. Ackart (Chief Engineer, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co.), G.M. Read (Assistant Chief Engineer), M.F.Wood (Manager, Construction division), F.H. Mackie (Manager, War Construction division), G.P. Church (Field Project Manager), T.L. Pierce (Assistant Field Project Manager), G.E. Bubb (AFPM, Field Construction), L.S. Grogan (Field Superintendent), W.E. Redman (Assistant, Field Superintendent), H.F. Nunn (Safety Superintendent), W.V. Krewatch (AFPM, Office Engineering), A.D. Day (Engineering Office Superintendent), E.L. Plenninger (Service Superintendent), T.W. Brown (Chief Accountant), G.E. Hillman (AFPM, Control), B.M. Taylor (Housing Superintendent), J.M. Wetherhold (Medical Supervisor), R.E. Burton (AFPM, Service and Housing) and H. Villa (Control Superintendent). \n
War Construction in the Desert, Reel 01
Begins with history of Hanford area, in Washington state, where the project was to be constructed. Explains need for workers and the extensive training involved. Shows construction of camp and various buildings. Includes typical Hanford woman's day and typical Hanford man's day. Both segments begin when subjects wake and go through their entire day at the camp. Also includes amenities offered workers such as entertainment and food services. The 300 area is depicted with medical facilities, training and services offered to workers.
POHWARO
Film presenting the POHWARO, or pulsated over heated water rocket, "the new low cost, reloadable booster for aircraft takeoff assistance" developed by Pilatus Flugzeugwerke in Stans, Switzerland. The engines were primarily designed to help aircraft takeoff quickly from short runways under severe weather conditions. Includes an explanation of how thermal energy is created and footage of engine testing operations at the All American test facilities in Georgetown, Delaware.
Seaford Plant Start-Up
Edited with title cards introducing the men who designed and built the plant. Footage of office building, construction, temporary quarters, first smoke from the smokestack, driving in downtown Seaford, Delaware, slow moving shot entering the plant through the front gates. Next section dated December 12, 1939, workers in the factory, nylon being produced. Exterior plant.
The Swift Completion
Version Number 1, prints 2A and 3A. Shows how railroads handle the United States mail service, including new Flexi-Van service on the New York Central Railroad, where truck bodies are loaded directly on to flat cars.
225,000 Mile Proving Ground
Actor Hugh Beaumont portrays a newspaper writer who narrates a story of research and new developments in American railroads.
Call Us Penn Central
Report on Penn Central after its creation by the merger of the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central Railroad. Includes railroad and non-railroad activities, such as real estate projects, amusement parks, Boca Raton Hotel, and Buckeye Pipeline Company.
Opening A New Frontier
In association with Film Counselors, Inc. Presentation on Pennsylvania Railroad's TrucTrain, latest technique in piggybacking trucks on railroad flatcars. Follows one trip from Chicago to Jersey City. Also includes scenes of early western pioneers and automobile and truck traffic.
The Right To Compete
Film advocating revision of federal transportation policy to lessen regulations on railroads and encourage competition among common carriers. Uses some animation as well as actors portraying a "typical" American family, including some view in a kitchen and watching television.
Robert
Amtrak safety film for children. Presents a story which shows the dangers of trespassing on railroad property.
Song of the Iron Road
Discusses the importance of railroads to New Jersey and presents the view that there are excessive taxes imposed on them.
What It Takes
Overview of Conrail operations.
At This Moment
Presented by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Public service announcement about the importance of railroads to America discussed by actors portraying railroad employees relaxing in a neighborhood restaurant. Film emphasizes the need to keep business in private hands.
Big Trains Rolling
Presented by Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Discussion of role of railroads in American society aimed at juvenile audience. Features a train trip by two children.
Old Reliable: Technology's Mining System, Today
Film explains new process of extracting copper without physically mining the ore and waste. Panel with Maxy Anderson, President of Ranchers Exploration and Development Company; Jim Todd, Development Manager, Minerals Section, DuPont Polymer Intermediates Department and Harold Carluvato, National Sales Manager, Explosives Products Division, DuPont.
Protecting the Ozone Layer: A Search for Solutions
Film describes the dilemma of the depletion of the Ozone layer and solutions that may slow or stop the reduction.
A Proven Recipe For Packaging Success
DuPont Clysar EHC and Weldotron 1600 Series Systems. Shows shrink wrapping using a DuPont Company's Clysar EHC polyolefine film and Weldotron 1601A machine at the Awrey Bakery in Lavonia, Michigan
The ABC of Internal Combustion Engines
Second in a series based on a General Motors book, "A Power Primer". Animated film explains how an engine works.
Making Blasting Caps
The film documents the process of making blasting caps and was probably shot at the Pompton Lakes plant in New Jersey of DuPont Company.

Pages