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A curated selection of moving picture content from Hagley's Audiovisual Collections
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- Man enters frame wearing safety equipment. Spokesman discusses how DuPont's accident rate in 1916 was high, but due to safety training programs, safety devices and protective clothing, the rates were greatly improved. A DuPont technician operating a 160 horsepower automobile engine is shown, testing chemicals added to gasoline to improve its efficiency. Safety measures such as an automatic cut off and a double layer of safety glass to protect the worker are pointed out. Other safety equipment used in the laboratory and safety meetings held throughout the company are mentioned.
- Spokesman discusses bazookas, used in World War II, and what gave them their power. He explains the term 'Shaped charge' and animation depicts different types. He then points out DuPont has been working with oil companies using shaped charges in oil drilling. The 'jet perforator' is shown in use in animation.
- Film explains that warm winter clothing has been needed since World War II. Thermal wear, nicknamed 'The Deep Freeze Suit' was created by two civilians for the Armed Forces using DuPont materials. Spokesman shows a test of a man having taken a cold shower and then standing in a refrigerator in the wet clothes. He goes on to show civilian adaptations, regular winter wear for families sold in stores.
- High speed film demonstrations. Spokesman explains DuPont's 931 film in use with a Fastax camera creates ultra slow motion. He points out when film is used in regular camera it gives a better result in low light situations, like a night baseball game. Because it is processed quickly it is also useful for news and sports applications. Also shown is DuPont's new way to create silk screen stencils using photographic reproduction.
- Includes the following commercials: Teflon II/Silverstone/Suprex No-Stick Seal 'Don't Get Stuck' (00:01:05); Stainmaster 'Take off' (00:01:54); Stainmaster 'Fancy Party' (00:02:38); SilverStone 'Bolts' (00:03:20); Antron Carpet Fiber 'Caveman/Dancers' (00:04:06); Cavalcade of America: The Inside Story of Tires(00:04:52); Teflon 2, non-stick cookware (00:08:15); Teflon 2 (Italian) (00:09:00); DuPont Presents: The Wonderful World of Nylon, 1964 (00:09:50); Coolmax fabric, "Explosion" featuring Andre Agassi (00:22:53); Fishing line Magnum 720 and 1440 (00:23:45); Fishing Products 'High Impact,' 1990 (00:24:40); Teflon II Deserted Island (00:25:42); SilverStone Deserted Island (00:26:00); SilverStone Supra Deserted Island (00:26:18); Dacron, Pillow Talk (00:26:45); DuPont Theater: DuPont Chemistry, Standards of living (00:27:52); Kevlar: Survivors Club (00:31:05); Nomex: Race Car Drivers featuring Mario Andretti (00:31:58); FE 1301 fire extinguishing agent: Ring of Fire (00:33:18); Tyvek suits: Pharmaceuticals (00:34:38); X-Ray Subtraction system (00:35:50); Double Wall Oil Tanks: Applause (00:37:14); Lycra: Freedom (00:37:55); Stainmaster Carpet: Baby foot traffic (00:38:42); Stainmaster: Fancy Dinner Date (00:39:30); Plastics for Prosthetics featuring Bill Demby, 1987 (00:40:43); Blood Testing: Emergency, 1987 (00:42:05); Safety Auto Glass: Wedding/Windshield, 1988 (00:43:20); Glean Herbicide: Kids born after 1983 (00:44:23); Stainmaster Carpet: Snag (00:45:02); Lucite Paint: Secret Room (00:46:03); Lucite Paint: Bananas (00:47:19); Corfam Shoes: A Step Into Tomorrow (00:48:10); Rally Car Wax: Batman and Robin (00:50:27); Teflon: Husband cleans up (00:51:10); Industrial and Consumer Products: DuPont contributions (00:51:55); Kevlar: Heliocopter (00:52:45); Maidenform Tric-o-Lastic Lycra bra: Dance (00:53:28) ; Corian: 'Real Estate,' 1993 (00:54:31) ; Corian: Bath, 1997 (00:55:22) ; Food: Freshness featuring Vinay Chowdhry, 1996 (00:56:06); Composites: Shoes featuring Rich Gould, 1996 (00:57:03); Asphalt: Roads featuring Bob Statz, 1996 (00:57:54); Teflon featuring Tom Del Pesco, 1995 (00:58:50); Film: Holography featuring Sylvia Stevenson, 1995 (00:59:44); Kevlar featuring Stephanie Kwolek, 1995 (01:00:37); Bridges: Composites featuring Mike Bowman (01:01:42); Synthetic fibers featuring Henry Kobsa (01:02:14); Polyester Plastic: Recycling featuring Pam Jones (01:02:46); Nylon: Toothbrush featuring Didi Belonio (01:03:18); Smokey Joe's Cafe musical revue promotional piece [audio without picture] (01:04:04); Cirque Ingenieux show promotional piece [audio without picture] (01:10:23); Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile play promotional piece [audio without picture] (01:13:20)
- Collection of Teflon B-Roll. 1960's Commercial for Du Pont Teflon, Shots of Du Pont's Jackson Laboratory and Punkett's original lab notes. John Glenn climbing into the Friendship 7 space capsule, which had a heat shield coated with Teflon. Shots of various Du Pont researchers exploring new uses of Teflon. Fly by of the Statue of Liberty whose copper skin is protected by an insulator made of Teflon. Soundbites by Roy Plunkett, the man who discovered Teflon.
- 13 DuPont commercials: 'Permacep Permeators'(:02), 'Plant Growth'(1:07), 'Noise'(2:12), 'Exhaust Manifold System'(3:17), 'Luminescence Biometer'(4:21), 'Diamond Knife'(5:25), 'Oven'(6:29), 'Metroliner'(7:34), 'Man-Made Fibers-Sheep'(8:37), 'Luminescence Biometer'(9:42), 'Alcoholism'(10:47), 'Mass Spectrometer'(11:54).
- Program featuring Lavoisier Medal recipients Nathaniel Wyeth, Edward Howard and Daniel Gintis, W. Hale Charch and Elmer Bolton. Interviews with Jack Belou, Norton Higgins, Stephanie Kwolek, Fred Sweeney and Marjorie Orr. Announces 1992 Lavoisier Awards recipients: Carl John Heffelfinger, Howard Wayne Jacobson, Hein Louis Klopping and Herman Elbert Schroeder.
- Begins with "Qualities That Endure," program featuring Lavoisier Medal recipients Nathaniel Wyeth, Edward Howard and Daniel Gintis, W. Hale Charch and Elmer Bolton. Interviews with Jack Belou, Norton Higgins, Stephanie Kwolek, Fred Sweeney and Marjorie Orr. Announces 1992 Lavoisier Awards recipients: Carl John Heffelfinger, Howard Wayne Jacobson, Hein Louis Klopping and Herman Elbert Schroeder. Award presentation follows with speaker Ed Willard, award presentation and comments from the recipients.