Film and Video

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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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DuPont Company 150th Anniversary
Footage from the 150th anniversary celebration of the DuPont Company. Includes clips of guests arriving, DuPont executives talking, taking pictures, and delivering speeches, performances from The DuPont Story actors, and the unveiling of the granite memorial marker.
Link to the Future
Promotional film for IBM's new advanced function for communications through Systems Network Architecture (SNA). With SNA, device control and line control is combined, local storage is utilized, and offline operation is possible. This simplifies computer communications across networks, making the system less expensive to run and easier for humans to work with. Includes scenes of office life and animations demonstrating how computer networks function.
The Story of Modern Home Comfort
Film about the importance of insulating your home. Framed by the story of a young newly-wed couple that is unsure about accepting an old house from a family member due to poor insulation. There are animations, demonstrations, and miniatures that help explain the science of insulation. The process of making "rock wool" insulation is detailed, both loose and batts. Safety concerns are addressed, ending in a demonstration of the insulations fireproof qualities. The film also shows skilled installation crews installing the rock wool using modern pneumatic techniques which do not effect the appearance of the home.
Beer-Clean Glasses: Your Best Beer Salesman
Presented by the Sales Training Department. Film explains the importance of clean glasses because a dirty glass can cause off-odor taste. A description of how to clean beer glasses properly is included.
Letting Dynamite Do It
Film explains and depicts the uses of dynamite for lumbering, raising a blast furnace, clearing roads and a diver placing charges to remove an old water intake in Lake Michigan. Includes footage of dynamite being used to blast rock during the construction of the Confederate Memorial at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
The One Man Gang
Film about industrial materials handling and internal transportation produced by Caravel Films in 1949 for the Towmotor Corporation, manufacturers of industrial hauling equipment. Includes footage of a coffee bean processing and packing facility in Brooklyn, New York; a Lily paper products facility in Long Island, New York; a Pepsi bottling plant in East Chicago, Indiana; a Ferro Machine & Foundry manufacturing plant in Cleveland, Ohio; a metal working operation in Canton, Ohio; a sheet and tubing steelmaker in Youngstown, Ohio; and, a Cleveland building supply company's concrete block plant.
Steel at the Crossroads: The American Steel Industry in the 1980s
Film asks whether the steel industry will survive the 1980s.
The Rowe Candy Merchant
Film highlights the "Candy Merchant", a vending machine offered by the Rowe Manufacturing Company. Maintenance and operation of the machine is depicted.
The X Why Zs of Draught
Presented by the Sales Training Department.
Lucite Wall Paint: Station Wagon
Lucite paint commercial where imaginary painters exit station wagon with homeowner who purchased and is using DuPont Lucite paint. Includes jingle "like having an army of painters on the job".
Female Workers
Female workers putting nuts on bolts in factory.
Charles Lindbergh Reception, Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
[Note: Footage of the Lindbergh reception in Philadelphia begins at the 4:30 mark.] Shots of various people and planes taking off and landing. Reception for Charles Lindbergh at Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia. Lindbergh enters stadium sitting on back of car, takes photos with people. Lindbergh gets in Spirit of St. Louis and takes off.
Subject file: Iran 1974 raw footage
Raw footage of select people, customs, businesses, and architecture in two Iranian cities: Tehran and Isfahan. Notable sights include the courthouse of Tehran, Intercontinental Hotel, and Shah Mosque. Includes scenes of Secretary of State Henry Kissinger arriving in Isfahan for a diplomatic visit with Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Kissinger and the Shah can be seen briefly exiting a motorcade vehicle. Also shows US Ambassador to Iran and former CIA director Richard Helms meeting with Iranian officials at the Shah Mosque. Likely recorded by Polyacryl Iran Corporation (PIC) employee Harry F. McPartland, Jr.
DuPont commercials circa 1950s - 1990s
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)
Kevlar commercial featuring Stephanie Kwolek
Featuring Stephanie Kwolek. Several Versions.
The Workman's Lesson
Safety film produced for NAM by Thomas Edison Studios. Stresses the importance of using safety equipment in the workplace.
The Crime of Carelessness
Safety film produced for National Association of Manufacturers by Thomas Edison Studios. Warns of the danger of smoking in the workplace, making reference to the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire without mentioning it explicitly. The film largely shifts responsibility for preventing workplace fires away from owners and managers of industry, and onto the workers.
Among Us (Sperry-UNIVAC)
Film exploring threats to society and how computer helps to deter them. Five masked performers represent 'the arsonist', 'the burglar', 'the mugger', 'the thief' and 'the pusher' working against law enforcement.
An Introduction to Digital Computers
Video is an animated tutorial on basic computer hardware and functionality.
Guideposts to Tomorrow, Elmer Sperry
Honoring the 100th Anniversary of one of America's leading men of science. Story of Elmer Sperry and his invention of the gyro compass as well as his son Lawrence and his creation of the first autopilot. Film also depicts World war I and II and the Sperry company's role in basn wars. Guided missiles, gyro controls and associated name equipment produced for World war II are depicted. Possible future inventions are touched upon showing a futuristic control room and operator.
Sperrylink-Customer Announcement
Spokesperson introduces new Sperrylink products, such as the Deskstation Model 30, 8439 Diskette Subsystem, 0431 Printer, DOPS 20 and Sperrylink Document Reader. Includes examples of how to use certain products.

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