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Title: Green Harvest
Date(s): 1949
Description: An educational film about forest management and timber harvesting. A newlywed couple travel to the Pacific Northwest on their honeymoon and get into an argument surrounding forest preservation. The bride's uncle, a timber entomologist, educates them by screening a film about the running of a tree farm and argues that timber harvesting is the best way to protect forests from fires, pests, and other dangers. Includes shots of Crater Lake, Snoqualmie Falls, various forests and mountain ranges,...
Show moreAn educational film about forest management and timber harvesting. A newlywed couple travel to the Pacific Northwest on their honeymoon and get into an argument surrounding forest preservation. The bride's uncle, a timber entomologist, educates them by screening a film about the running of a tree farm and argues that timber harvesting is the best way to protect forests from fires, pests, and other dangers. Includes shots of Crater Lake, Snoqualmie Falls, various forests and mountain ranges, and an appearance by a bear cub. The bride is played by Inez Cooper. Story: James Prindle; Camera: Arthur Martinelli; Sound: Ray Esh; Editor: Glen McGowan; Musical Score: Peter Cavallo, Jr.
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Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC225
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The Bell Heard 'Round the World
Date(s): 1950
Description: Film promoting the National Cash Register Company (NCR) as a place of employment. Encourages viewers to consider working for NCR by discussing the company's products, work environment, benefits, and community service. Script: Al Weeks; director: Orlando Lippert; camera: John Niklasch; editing: Carl Himm; narration: Vincent Pelletier; music: Peter Cavallo.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC166
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Light!
Date(s): 1965
Description: Film exploring humanity's use of light and General Electric's contributions to the development of electric lamps and lightbulbs. Includes a variety of scenes demonstrating how light and electricity is used in modern life, from hospital operating rooms to airports to baseball stadiums. Also shows General Electric lightbulbs being manufactured. Produced and directed by Dennis H. Knife. Executive producer: Mel London.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC169
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: William Johnson and the Draggin'
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): Cincinnati Milling Machine Company (Sponsor), Wilding Picture Productions (Production company), Wright, Norman H., 1910-2001 (Animator), Beebe, Ford (Director), Lah, Michael (Director)
Description: Story about the Kingdom of "US" and its ruler, King Customer. The king is displeased with the lack of progress in his kingdom, and issues a proclaimation for the citizens to get rid of the "draggin'." One of the citizens, William Johnson, presents the king with a draggin' locator, a machine that looks at things in new ways. Overall, the film warns against technological stagnation and the damage it can render on companies and nations. Some sexist themes. The king offers his daughter as the...
Show moreStory about the Kingdom of "US" and its ruler, King Customer. The king is displeased with the lack of progress in his kingdom, and issues a proclaimation for the citizens to get rid of the "draggin'." One of the citizens, William Johnson, presents the king with a draggin' locator, a machine that looks at things in new ways. Overall, the film warns against technological stagnation and the damage it can render on companies and nations. Some sexist themes. The king offers his daughter as the reward for fixing the "draggin'." Production control: Errol Gray; story: Sam Beall; story sketch: Jerry Bowen; layout: Tony Rivera; background: Joe Montell; ink & paint: Mary Cain; camera: Fred Weaver; music: Gene Poddany; animators: Grant Simmons, Phil Monroe, Rod Scribner, Bill Melendez, Ray Patterson, Bill Perez.
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Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC014
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The New World of Stainless Steel
Date(s): 1960
Contributor(s): Republic Steel Corporation (Sponsor), Wilding Picture Productions (Production company)
Description: Short film highlighting the various uses of stainless steel.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC027
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Computer Comes to Marketing
Date(s): 1960
Creator: Wilding Picture Productions
Contributor(s): Time, inc. (originator)
Description: 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.'
Collection ID: Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1985.261)
Hagley ID: 85_261_computer_marketing
Collection: Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division, Film and Video

Title: A Progress Report
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): General Electric Company (Sponsor), Wilding Picture Productions (Production company)
Description: A presentation of the General Electric Large Lamp Department's new integrated sales strategy, "Live Better Electrically with Light for Living." Fictional married couple Jen and Tom highlight the booklets and other trade advertising packages being produced for the campaign to help electric utilities and GE sales personnel get more bulbs and lamps into American homes.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC451
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: An American Success Story: Synthetic Rubber
Date(s): 1943
Description: The story of synthetic rubber discovery, development, and production in the United States. Highlights the substance's importance to the American automobile industry.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC339
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection