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

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Farming's Fabulous Future
Newscaster Chet Huntley describes the history of farming, current practices and future possibilities. Created by New Holland Machine Company, a division of Sperry Rand Corporation.
Men Who Make Steel
Film describes the many jobs and skills that are necessary in the production of steel. Covers subjects such as equipment, diversification, research and safety.
Steel and America: A New Look
Film covers the history and production of steel, beginning with an animated sequence showing geological creation of iron ore. Animation continues with Donald Duck as a colonial iron worker. Live sequences show the restored Saugus Iron Works in Massachusetts, then modern steel production, including mining, transportation, blast furnaces, pollution control equipment, steel furnaces, steel rolling, research laboratories, and modern uses of steel.
Steel Frontiers
Film explains the need for iron ore and Republic Steel Corporation's mining of taconite and importing of ore from Liberia to resolve this issue. Also depicts Republic's titanium alloy production, manufacturing of nuts and bolts, production of iron powder, plastic tubing and research in agriculture. Includes animated statistics on sales, operating revenue, employment and income.
1 + 1 + 1
Recruitment film for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Includes scenes of original DuPont mills at Hagley property in Wilmington, Delaware; laboratories; model making for plant design; and an executive committee in discussion.
Kevlar commercial featuring Stephanie Kwolek
Featuring Stephanie Kwolek. Several Versions.
Teflon B-Roll compiled for 50th anniversary of the discovery of Teflon
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.