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Title: DuPont cellophane commercial, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.2
Date(s): 1952/1957, 1952, 1957
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Spokesman, Bill Hamilton discusses cellophane and how DuPont research created a moisture proof version which created new products and uses. Over time, new manufacturing processes brought prices down as well.
Collection ID: Cavalcade of America television commercials on film (Accession 2005.254)
Hagley ID: FILM_2005254_FC02_07
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: "New Adventures in Film" DuPont commercial, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.2
Date(s): 1952/1957, 1952, 1957
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: High speed film demonstrations. Spokesman explains DuPont's 931 film in use with a Fastax camera creates ultra slow motion. He points out when film is used in regular camera it gives a better result in low light situations, like a night baseball game. Because it is processed quickly it is also useful for news and sports applications. Also shown is DuPont's new way to create silk screen stencils using photographic reproduction.
Collection ID: Cavalcade of America television commercials on film (Accession 2005.254)
Hagley ID: FILM_2005254_FC02_03
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials, Film and Video

Title: No. 2: Corporation
Date(s): 1919
Contributor(s): Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company (Sponsor)
Description: Footage of the various steps to forge gun tubes and armor plates at the Midvale Steel facilities in Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shows scenes of machines and plant workers.
Collection ID: Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company motion picture films (Accession 1970.034)
Hagley ID: FILM_1970034_FC02
Collection: Midvale Steel and Ordnance Company motion picture films

Title: Tree planting
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): Strawbridge & Clothier (Sponsor)
Description: Dogwood trees, sponsored by Strawbridge & Clothier and the Blue Star Memorial Highway Committee, are planted along the Pennsylvania Turnpike during Pennsylvania Week. Vice Admiral James L. Kauffmann, USN, gives a formal address. The trees are dedicated to the men and women of Strawbridge & Clothier who have served in the armed forces. There is a formal ceremony, interviews, and a large crowd. Francis R. Strawbridge, Francis R. Strawbridge, Jr., Francis R. Strawbridge, 3d, Isaac H. Clothier,...
Show moreDogwood trees, sponsored by Strawbridge & Clothier and the Blue Star Memorial Highway Committee, are planted along the Pennsylvania Turnpike during Pennsylvania Week. Vice Admiral James L. Kauffmann, USN, gives a formal address. The trees are dedicated to the men and women of Strawbridge & Clothier who have served in the armed forces. There is a formal ceremony, interviews, and a large crowd. Francis R. Strawbridge, Francis R. Strawbridge, Jr., Francis R. Strawbridge, 3d, Isaac H. Clothier, Jr., Isaac H. Clothier, 3d, and Isaac H. Clothier, 4th, are all present.
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Collection ID: Strawbridge and Clothier photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1995.250)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995250_FC02_03
Collection: Strawbridge & Clothier

Title: Introducing James A. FitzPatrick, Traveltalk
Date(s): 1950
Contributor(s): FitzPatrick, James A., 1894-1980 ("Host"), Strawbridge & Clothier (Sponsor)
Description: Travel documentary filmmaker James A. FitzPatrick sits behind a desk and introduces one of his travel films to the audience. The broadcast of the film is sponsored by Strawbridge & Clothier. Two takes.
Collection ID: Strawbridge and Clothier photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1995.250)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995250_FC02_02
Collection: Strawbridge & Clothier

Title: DuPont Neoprene commercial, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.2
Date(s): 1952/1957, 1952, 1957
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Larry Livingston of the DuPont Company shows the first general purpose synthetic rubber, Neoprene. He presents many of the products made from Neoprene such as electrical insulation, hoses and gloves. Livingston gives a demonstration of conducting neoprene fabric used in medical operations.
Collection ID: Cavalcade of America television commercials on film (Accession 2005.254)
Hagley ID: FILM_2005254_FC02_06
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: DuPont Freon commercial, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.2
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Spokesman introduces Freon and its many applications, such as refrigerators and aerosols. He gives a demonstration of freezing a flower with Freon and its inflammability. He then shows how aerosol cans work, such as insecticides and shaving cream.
Collection ID: Cavalcade of America television commercials on film (Accession 2005.254)
Hagley ID: FILM_2005254_FC02_02
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials, Film and Video

Title: Bride Week
Date(s): 1950
Contributor(s): Strawbridge & Clothier (Sponsor), Radio Corporation of America. RCA Victor Division (Production company)
Description: A promotion for Bride Week at Strawbridge & Clothier's Philadelphia store. An attendant helps a young woman put on her gown and hands her a bouquet of flowers. The woman then poses for the camera in her full wedding attire and looks very happy.
Collection ID: Strawbridge and Clothier photographs and audiovisual materials (Accession 1995.250)
Hagley ID: FILM_1995250_FC02_01
Collection: Strawbridge & Clothier

Title: The Last Wheel Works: The Industrial Archaeology of a Wood Wheel Manufactory
Date(s): 1975
Contributor(s): Smithsonian Institution (Producer), Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation (Producer)
Description: A film record of the manufacturing process employed by Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, a wooden wheel producer located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Details each step required to fashion a 16-spoke carriage wheel from law lumber. Directed by Peter H. Smith and Robert M. Vogel. Written by Pierce Atkins. Filmed by Albert J. Robinson and Frank T. Herzog. Post Production by John W. Hiller and Karen Loveland. Technical support by Robert A. Howard, John D. Milner, Julia F. Davis, and Don Berkebile....
Show moreA film record of the manufacturing process employed by Hoopes Brothers & Darlington, a wooden wheel producer located in West Chester, Pennsylvania. Details each step required to fashion a 16-spoke carriage wheel from law lumber. Directed by Peter H. Smith and Robert M. Vogel. Written by Pierce Atkins. Filmed by Albert J. Robinson and Frank T. Herzog. Post Production by John W. Hiller and Karen Loveland. Technical support by Robert A. Howard, John D. Milner, Julia F. Davis, and Don Berkebile. With financial support from the Raymond John Wean Foundation.
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Collection ID: Hoopes Brothers & Darlington Inc. "The Last Wheel Works" documentary film and photographs (Accession 1969.063)
Hagley ID: FILM_1969063_FC02
Collection: Film and Video

Title: BBDO Buffalo "Freshwater Advertising Agency" Part 2
Date(s): 1927
Description: Silent film showing images of Buffalo and spoofing on a small advertising agency wanting to join Barton, Durstine and Osborn (BDO). Freshwater Advertising Agency of Buffalo, New York, presents a dramatic plea for admission into the organization of BDO. Shows employees doing calisthenics to “warm up” and a shot of wild root to get the creative juices flowing. Spoofs what BDO does: company luncheons, accounting, working with new customer, trade survey, calling on a few satisfied customers, and...
Show moreSilent film showing images of Buffalo and spoofing on a small advertising agency wanting to join Barton, Durstine and Osborn (BDO). Freshwater Advertising Agency of Buffalo, New York, presents a dramatic plea for admission into the organization of BDO. Shows employees doing calisthenics to “warm up” and a shot of wild root to get the creative juices flowing. Spoofs what BDO does: company luncheons, accounting, working with new customer, trade survey, calling on a few satisfied customers, and art department creating advertisements. Makes it seem like working in advertising agency is fun and not a lot of hard work. Concludes with getting notification of being accepted into BDO, if they move across river to St. Erie, Ontario. Features Alex Osborn, one of the founders who worked in Buffalo.
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Collection ID: Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. records (Accession 2752)
Hagley ID: FILM_2752_FC02
Collection: Batten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, Inc. advertising agency

Title: DuPont 'Three d's of Destruction' commercial, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.2
Date(s): 1952/1957, 1952, 1957
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Larry Livingston of the DuPont Company discusses the 'unfinished business' of dirt, disease and decay. He points out some products DuPont has created to address the 'Three d's of Destruction'. Alathon pipes, insecticides and agricultural chemicals. Livingston stresses the freedom and opportunities in America that are responsible for the things that enrich our lives.
Collection ID: Cavalcade of America television commercials on film (Accession 2005.254)
Hagley ID: FILM_2005254_FC02_05
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: DuPont commercial featuring Nylon as engineering material, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.2
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor)
Description: Film depicts other uses of Nylon than clothing. Animation shows automobile clutch pedals in use made of nylon. Also used in car door assemblies, washing machines, buttons and computing machines.
Collection ID: Cavalcade of America television commercials on film (Accession 2005.254)
Hagley ID: FILM_2005254_FC02_04
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials

Title: DuPont commercial featuring Nylon plant in Seaford, Delaware, Cavalcade of America Commercials Reel No.2
Date(s): 1955
Contributor(s): E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (sponsor), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Seaford Nylon Plan (associated name)
Description: Editor of town newspaper 'The Leader', Wright Robinson, discusses how Seaford was once a small farming community but DuPont's Nylon plant, built in 1939, employed about 1200 people and was instrumental in the town expansion.
Collection ID: Cavalcade of America television commercials on film (Accession 2005.254)
Hagley ID: FILM_2005254_FC02_01
Collection: DuPont Company films and commercials, Film and Video