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Title: "Your Test of a Trademark" DuPont commercial, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.2
Date(s): 1953/1954, 1953, 1954
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Reenactment of story about the burning of the DuPont factory from 1818. E.I. du Pont de Nemours is depicted and receives a loan to restart his business based on his integrity. Spokesman shows various DuPont products and DuPont oval logo and emphasizes the integrity of the DuPont brand.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995300_FC252_03
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: Your Surest Selling Job
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): RCA-Victor Company (sponsor)
Description: Presented by RCA Victor. A film showcasing the new RCA Victor record playing system. Spokespeople demonstrate many RCA Victor record players and radios. Includes segment on color phonographs.
Collection ID: RCA Corporation collection of television and company history photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 2464.78)
Hagley ID: VID_246478_BAVD02_ID01
Collection: David Sarnoff Library

Title: Years Ago, parts 1 through 3, The DuPont Show of the Month
Date(s): 1960
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Contributor(s): Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. (producer), Talent Associates (producer), Church, Sandra (actor), Conklin, Peggy (actor), Preston, Robert, 1918-1987 (actor), Segal, Alex, 1915-1977 (director), Gordon, Ruth, 1896-1985 (screenwriter), Babbin, Jacqueline (adapter), Maas, Audrey Gellen (adapter), Susskind, David, 1920-1987 (producer)
Description: Production #2288. A young girl from a frugal, conservative family aspires to become an actress despite her father's wish for her to become a physical culture instructor. In confronting her parents about her future, Ruth learns about the importance of family and integrity.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995300_FC300-302
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: The Year Nobody Gave
Date(s): 1950
Description: Film educating viewers on the importance of donating to the United Fund of Allegheny County. A man responsible for collecting United Fund donations at his workplace complains about having to give and solicit for money. He's suddenly visited by a messenger from Hell who convinces him not to collect for the fund, arguing that the United States was founded on the "every man for himself" principle. The messenger then gleefully shows the man the various institutions, organizations, and people that...
Show moreFilm educating viewers on the importance of donating to the United Fund of Allegheny County. A man responsible for collecting United Fund donations at his workplace complains about having to give and solicit for money. He's suddenly visited by a messenger from Hell who convinces him not to collect for the fund, arguing that the United States was founded on the "every man for himself" principle. The messenger then gleefully shows the man the various institutions, organizations, and people that will suffer without donations, and the man changes his mind. The messenger then reveals himself to be from Heaven, not Hell, and says he was sent to correct the man's negative attitude towards donating. "Help them All...all at once." Filmed at Kling Studios in Hollywood, California.
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Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC164
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Xanadu Excerpts 1931 to 1933 (reel one)
Date(s): 1931, 1933
Contributor(s): Laird, W. W. (William Winder), 1910-1989 (former owner), Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963 (depicted)
Description: Home movie featuring du Pont and Laird family members in Varadero, Cuba at or near Xanadu, the home of Irénée du Pont. Film includes clips of various people on boats and on the beach, the house, a Cuban city, the beach, and ox carts.
Collection ID: W.W. Laird collection of graphic materials and family movies (Accession 1994.316)
Hagley ID: FILM_1994316_FC42
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Xanadu 1931 & 1932
Date(s): 1931, 1933
Contributor(s): Laird, W. W. (William Winder), 1910-1989 (former owner), Du Pont, Irénée, 1876-1963 (depicted)
Description: Home movie featuring du Pont and Laird family members in Varadero, Cuba at or near Xanadu, the home of Irénée du Pont. Clips largely depict various people on boats and on the beach. The Cuban coastline and a horse race are also featured.
Collection ID: W.W. Laird collection of graphic materials and family movies (Accession 1994.316)
Hagley ID: FILM_1994316_FC40
Collection: Film and Video

Title: The Workman's Lesson
Date(s): 1914
Creator: Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Contributor(s): National Association of Manufacturers (U.S.) (sponsor), Cooper, Bigelow (actor), McCoy, Gertrude, 1896-1967 (actor), Lessey, George A., -1947 (actor)
Description: Safety film produced for NAM by Thomas Edison Studios. Stresses the importance of using safety equipment in the workplace.
Collection ID: National Association of Manufacturers photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1973.418)
Hagley ID: vid_1411_ID01
Collection: Film and Video, National Association of Manufacturers

Title: Working Together
Date(s): 1951
Contributor(s): Thompson Products, inc. (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company)
Description: Training film for new Thompson Products employees. Discusses the company's history, business model, benefits, and strategy of "working together" to manufacture precision parts. Follows the story of employee Richard "Dick" Brown and his progress as a machine operator. Ends with a reading of the "Pledge" the Thompson management team has made to the members of the organization.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC146
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Winning Combination
Date(s): 1959
Contributor(s): Milprint, Inc. (Sponsor), McHugh, Fenton (Producer), Philip Morris Incorporated (Sponsor)
Description: Short film demonstrating how proper packaging, produced by Milprint, Inc, can preserve a company's product, lower production costs, and catch the attention of consumers. Told from the perspective of fictional baked goods corporation Top It. Director: James O'Riley; Writer: Dean Babbit; Cameraman: Lutz Hapke; Production Manager: Doug Weston.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC194
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

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: Wheel O' Life
Date(s): 1950
Contributor(s): Natural Foods Institute (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Barnard, William G. (William Grover), 1887-1964 (Host)
Description: William Grover Barnard (also known as "Papa" Barnard), the founder of Natural Foods Institute (later known as Vitamix), promotes good health through good eating. Barnard sells the "Wheel O' Life," a wheel chart listing various foods and their nutritional value and calories.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC054_03
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: What's the Answer?
Date(s): 1951
Contributor(s): Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Yoxsimer, O.H. (Orland Hale), 1907-1986 (Onscreen presenter), Kalischer, Milton T., 1903-1990 (Onscreen presenter)
Description: Two Westinghouse employees present a Westinghouse refrigerator and speak to its automatic defrost capabilities and overall quality. Featuring O.H. Yoxsimer, Refrigeration Cabinet Engineer, and Milton Kalischer, Manager of the Electric Appliance Engineering Department.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC073
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: What's My Line?
Date(s): 1956-02-05
Contributor(s): Sperry Rand (Corporation). Univac Division (former owner), Remington Rand, Inc. (sponsor), Heller, Franklin (director), Fates, Gil (producer), Anderson, Hal (lighting designer), Gamble, Vernon (technical director), CBS Television Network (production company), Daly, John Charles, 1914-1991 (host)
Description: Panel includes Arlene Francis, Desi Arnaz, Dorothy Kilgallen and Fred Allen. Guests are British Foreign Correspondent, Randolph Churchill, Helicopter Pilot, Floyd Carlson and Actress, Kim Novak. Includes a commercial in Remington Rand New York Computer Center featuring Univac computer calculating weather data using a high speed printer. Lastly, another Univac computer commercial including an animation.
Collection ID: Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1985.261)
Hagley ID: VID_1985261_B134_ID06
Collection: Sperry Corporation, UNIVAC Division

Title: "Whatever man dreams, man can achieve" DuPont commercial, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.1
Date(s): 1952/1957, 1952, 1957
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Spokesman quotes 'Whatever man dreams, man can achieve.' He goes on to point out the innovation of television and the transistor which may replace tubes in a television set. Atomic research, used for civilian applications such as medical research. DuPont plastics, rubber and fabrics are mentioned as well as Titanium. Spokesman then stresses the importance of science education and how there will be more jobs than people to fill them.
Collection ID: Cavalcade of America television commercials on film (Accession 2005.254)
Hagley ID: FILM_2005254_FC01_05
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: What Every Woman Knows, parts 1 through 3, The DuPont Show of the Month
Date(s): 1959
Creator: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
Contributor(s): Columbia Broadcasting System, inc. (producer), Cusack, Cyril, 1910-1993 (actor), Donald, James, 1917-1993 (actor), Hunt, Martita, 1900-1969 (actor), McKenna, Siobhán, 1923-1986 (actor), O'Connor, Tim, 1927- (actor), Redmond, Liam, 1913-1989 (actor), Vlis, Diane van der, 1935-2001 (actor), Williams, John, 1903-1983 (actor), Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008 (director), Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937 (screenwriter), Babbin, Jacqueline (adapter)
Description: Production #2276. A broke scholar bargains to marry a headstrong woman in exchange for tuition. Once his career is established, however, he begins to reconsider his decision. Commercials celebrating twenty years of DuPont Nylon.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM-1995300-FC297-299
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: What a Difference A Day Makes: Que Diferencia Hace Un Dia: MASTER: Running Time 4:22
Description: Video that illustrates all the ways NADA helps dealers through different initiatives, workshops & programs. Spanish.
Collection ID: National Automobile Dealers Association audiovisual materials and publications (Accession 2014.274)
Hagley ID: vid_NADA_B10_ID33
Collection: National Automobile Dealers Association

Title: Whale phenakistoscope (animated)
Date(s): 1875
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Alexis 'Lex' I., (Alexis Irénée), 1928-2016 (former owner)
Collection ID: Alexis du Pont stereoviews and lantern slides (Accession 2016.303)
Hagley ID: AVD_2016303_010_042_vid
Collection: Alexis du Pont stereoviews and lantern slides

Title: Westinghouse Electric Sharon Transformer Plant 1955 labor strike
Date(s): 1956
Description: The Westinghouse Company's perspective on what transpired during the 1955 labor dispute at the Sharon, Pennsylvania, electric transformer plant.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC436
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Wayward BTU
Date(s): 1949
Contributor(s): Owens-Corning Fiberglass Corporation (sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (production company)
Description: Animation showing BTUs at work in the oven and how fiberglass insulation is used to keep the heat in.
Collection ID: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection (Accession 2018.201)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018201_FC16
Collection: Culley Family Cinecraft Productions Collection

Title: Watch Your Stop! A 5 Point Plan For Better Selling
Date(s): 1939
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor), Kelley, Albert (director), Jam Handy Organization (production company), Mandlebaum, Daniel J. (sound designer), Leontough, George (cinematographer), Benavie, Samuel (musical director)
Description: Suggestions for improving sales of bakery items in grocery stores. Actors and actresses portray "an average American family eating dinner," bakery salesmen visiting grocery stores, and sales clerks and grocery store owners. Scenes include a family at dinner, women shopping in grocery stores and being studied for their shopping habits, bakery salesmen setting up baked good displays in stores, and delivery vans. The film promotes the use of clear cellophane packaging.
Collection ID: DuPont Company films and commercials (Accession 1995.300)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995300_FC176
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials, Film and Video

Title: War Construction in the Desert, Reel 02
Date(s): 1945~, 1945
Contributor(s): Hanford Engineer Works (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: 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,...
Show moreContains 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
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Collection ID: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Hanford Engineer Works photographs and films (Accession 1974.389)
Hagley ID: FILM_1974389_FC09
Collection: Film and Video, Hanford

Title: War Construction in the Desert, Reel 01
Date(s): 1945~, 1945
Contributor(s): Hanford Engineer Works (associated name), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (associated name)
Description: 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,...
Show moreBegins 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.
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Collection ID: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Hanford Engineer Works photographs and films (Accession 1974.389)
Hagley ID: FILM_1974389_FC10
Collection: Film and Video, Hanford

Title: Waging a Campaign and Winning an Election
Date(s): 1960
Description: Robert Humphreys, Campaign Director of the Republican National Committee, explores the six, simple categories of a successful political campaign design: Examine Your Forces, Who is Your Candidate?, Who are You Trying to Influence?, What Are Your Campaign Tools?, Who Will Do and Who Will Say?, and Timing...the When of Your Campaign.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC352
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Volkswagen of America Historical Footage
Contributor(s): National Automobile Dealers Association (compiler), Volkswagen of America, Inc. (associated name), Volkswagenwerk (associated name)
Description: Historical footage of Volkswagen beetles and other models. Vehicles driving on road, factory footage, commercials, excerpt from news program interviewing man from Volkswagen. Footage compiled for NADA's documentary '100 Years of America's Auto Dealerships : The First Century' (2006)
Collection ID: National Automobile Dealers Association audiovisual materials and publications (Accession 2014.274)
Hagley ID: vid_NADA_B02_ID24
Collection: National Automobile Dealers Association, Film and Video

Title: Vitamix infomercial highlighting vegetable and egg cocktails
Date(s): 1950
Contributor(s): Natural Foods Institute (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Barnard, William G. (William Grover), 1887-1964 (Host)
Description: William Grover Barnard (also known as "Papa" Barnard), the founder of Natural Foods Institute (later known as Vitamix), promotes good health through good eating. Barnard sells a Vitamix and demonstrates how to mix a nutritious shake with a whole egg.
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC054_02
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

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