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Title: The Swift Completion
Date(s): 1966~, 1966
Contributor(s): New York Central Railroad Company (sponsor), Stark, Charles (narrator), Moon, Jake (screenwriter), FPS New York (producer)
Description: Version Number 1, prints 2A and 3A. Shows how railroads handle the United States mail service, including new Flexi-Van service on the New York Central Railroad, where truck bodies are loaded directly on to flat cars.
Collection ID: Conrail photographs (Accession 1993.231)
Hagley ID: FILM_1993231_FC01
Collection: Conrail photographs and films, Film and Video

Title: The Water Conditioning Division of Morton Salt Company presents: WATER
Date(s): 1969
Contributor(s): Morton Salt Company (sponsor), Liss, Ted (narrator), Cavalcade Productions (production company), Claiborne, Mary (film editor), Crawford, Ron (animator), McCulley, Dale (director), McCulley, Dale (screenwriter)
Description: The uses of water in nature and many of its natural processes are explained. Water use in industry is described with Irrigation and water reuse. Salt is described as a useful additive for hard water in homes with filter systems.
Collection ID: Carol Litchfield collection on the history of salt (Accession 2012.219)
Hagley ID: FILM_2012219_FC01
Collection: Carol Litchfield collection on the history of salt

Title: Bellport
Date(s): 1928
Contributor(s): Sperry, Elmer Ambrose, 1860-1930 (former owner)
Description: Unidentified man working with machine. Three unidentified men drinking out of bottle. View from city window looking down below at parade.
Collection ID: Elmer Sperry photograph collection (Accession 1985.257)
Hagley ID: FILM_1985257_FC01
Collection: Film and Video

Title: Letter to a Child
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: William H. Radebaugh appears in this commercial for DuPont Textile Fibers where he explains, using his own drawings and charts, how the textile fibers are created.
Collection ID: William Henry Radebaugh films and scripts (Accession 1975.412)
Hagley ID: FILM_1975412_FC01
Collection: William Henry Radebaugh films

Title: Charles Lindbergh Reception, Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Date(s): 1927-10-22
Creator: Dallin, J. Victor (John Victor), 1897-1991
Description: [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.
Collection ID: Colonel J. Victor Dallin films (Accession 2018.226)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018226_FC01
Collection: Dallin Aerial Survey Company Photographs, Film and Video

Title: Seaford Plant Start-Up
Date(s): 1939-11-01, 1939-12-12
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor), Bailey, James (director), Shockley, Paul Douglas, 1906-1988 (director)
Description: Edited with title cards introducing the men who designed and built the plant. Footage of office building, construction, temporary quarters, first smoke from the smokestack, driving in downtown Seaford, Delaware, slow moving shot entering the plant through the front gates. Next section dated December 12, 1939, workers in the factory, nylon being produced. Exterior plant.
Collection ID: DuPont Company Seaford Plant photographs and films (Accession 1990.266)
Hagley ID: FILM_1990266_FC01
Collection: Film and Video

Title: A Modern Store
Date(s): 1932
Contributor(s): Strawbridge & Clothier (Sponsor)
Description: The construction and opening of the new Strawbridge & Clothier retail store on 8th and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Includes footage of Simon and Simon the architect firm who designed the new building; officials from the city; demolition and construction of the new building; laying of the cornerstone, and the store opening with exterior and interior views showing Market Street and a variety of views of the retail space. Concludes with footage of suburban stores in Ardmore and...
Show moreThe construction and opening of the new Strawbridge & Clothier retail store on 8th and Market Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Includes footage of Simon and Simon the architect firm who designed the new building; officials from the city; demolition and construction of the new building; laying of the cornerstone, and the store opening with exterior and interior views showing Market Street and a variety of views of the retail space. Concludes with footage of suburban stores in Ardmore and Jenkintown.
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Collection ID: Strawbridge and Clothier photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1995.250)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995250_FC01
Collection: Film and Video, Strawbridge & Clothier

Title: 1965 Las Vegas Convention Highlights
Date(s): 1965
Contributor(s): National Automobile Dealers Association (sponsor)
Description: Pennzoil sponsored program including interviews with NADA executives Bill Bundy (Chairman Member Services), Dean Chaffin (Past NADA President), Jim Mancuso (Chairman of NADA Public Relations Committee), Jim Moore (Executive Vice President NADA), Peter Val Preda (President NADA), Ed Kossman (Chairman of Governmental Relations Committee), Joe Paul (Chairman of Advertising Standards Committee), Sam White (Outgoing Chairman of Industry Relations Committee), Fred Williams (Advertising and Sales...
Show morePennzoil sponsored program including interviews with NADA executives Bill Bundy (Chairman Member Services), Dean Chaffin (Past NADA President), Jim Mancuso (Chairman of NADA Public Relations Committee), Jim Moore (Executive Vice President NADA), Peter Val Preda (President NADA), Ed Kossman (Chairman of Governmental Relations Committee), Joe Paul (Chairman of Advertising Standards Committee), Sam White (Outgoing Chairman of Industry Relations Committee), Fred Williams (Advertising and Sales Manager, Pennzoil) and lastly, Jim Moore and Dr. Walter Heller (Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota).
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Collection ID: National Automobile Dealers Association audiovisual materials and publications (Accession 2014.274)
Hagley ID: FILM_NADA_FC01
Collection: National Automobile Dealers Association

Title: Charles Lindbergh visits Wilmington
Date(s): 1927
Creator: Wilson, Willard Springer, 1897-1979 (Creator)
Contributor(s): Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 (speaker), Du Pont, Henry Belin, 1898-1970 (depicted), Robinson, Robert P., 1869-1939 (speaker), Highfield, William J. (speaker)
Description: Film depicts Lindbergh flying in to private airport of Henry B. du Pont, the motorcade that brings him to dais with speakers including Delaware Governor Robert P. Robinson and William J. Highfield. Lindbergh speaks at podium then prepares to take off again. Stands for photographs with Henry B. du Pont.
Collection ID: Willard S. Wilson films and ephemera (Accession 1977.219)
Hagley ID: FILM_1977219_FC01
Collection: Film and Video

Title: A dredge, Far East
Date(s): 1938
Contributor(s): Taylor-Wharton Iron & Steel Company (sponsor)
Description: Includes the following title cards with accompanying images: "Siam, Southern Siamese Tin Dredging, Ltd.; Post office at Ronpibon, Siam; Ronpibon Tin Ltd., lips bolted to buckets; Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Kennedy, Anglo-Siamese Tin Syndicate, ltd. and Ed Walker of Waugh, Co., Had Yai Dredge; Tinsongkla, N.L. Dredge near Ban Din Lan, Siam, Kent pins; Chinese coolies washing the tin concentrates; Siam, Had Yai railroad station; Pattani TIn, Na Pradu, Siam. Open hydraulic mine and dredge; Taiping...
Show moreIncludes the following title cards with accompanying images: "Siam, Southern Siamese Tin Dredging, Ltd.; Post office at Ronpibon, Siam; Ronpibon Tin Ltd., lips bolted to buckets; Mr. and Mrs. H.E. Kennedy, Anglo-Siamese Tin Syndicate, ltd. and Ed Walker of Waugh, Co., Had Yai Dredge; Tinsongkla, N.L. Dredge near Ban Din Lan, Siam, Kent pins; Chinese coolies washing the tin concentrates; Siam, Had Yai railroad station; Pattani TIn, Na Pradu, Siam. Open hydraulic mine and dredge; Taiping district, F.M.S. Larut Tin Fields, Ltd. #5 Werf Conrad dredge same as Pattani Tin dredge; Taiping district, F.M.S. Kamunting Tin Dredging Limited. More buckets without flare; Kuala Lumpur district, Batu Caves Tin Dredging Limited; Killinghall Tin Dredging Limited; A Kent Pin (nickel chrome-molybdenum) worn 1-9/16" deep by rear eye bushing-unworn by from eyes. 7300 hours service; Bushings with end bearings only on edges; Ipoh district, F.M.S. near Batu Gajah, Kramat Tin Dredging Co. New Tisco bucket line; Old Kramat buckets without flare; Jelebu Tin Dredging Co. John Bruce, Manager, and family. Tiger he shot nearby; Pelepah Tin Dredging Ltd. at Kota Tinggi Jehore. The only dredge in this state, 50 miles from Singapore."
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Collection ID: Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company photographs and films (Accession 1971.530)
Hagley ID: FILM_1971530_FC01
Collection: Taylor-Wharton Iron and Steel Company films