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Title: Bontas glass machine
Date(s): 1880/1900, 1880, 1900
Contributor(s): Pusey and Jones Company (originator)
Collection ID: Pusey and Jones Corporation photograph collection (Accession 1972.350)
Hagley ID: 72350_0637
Collection: Pusey and Jones Corporation photographs

Title: Heritage of Glass production stills
Date(s): 1946
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (sponsor)
Description: Depicts the complete process of sheet glass manufacture from the quarry to mirrors or as windows. Also includes scenes from the production set.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Production films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_40_04
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Window Glass production script
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor)
Description: A script for a sound slide film production in which a fictional boy is given a technical explanation of glass manufacture by his father. In particular, the father describes four methods of forming window glass including the crown method, the hand cylinder method, the machine cylinder method, and the sheet drawing method.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_10_27
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Glass Fabrication production materials
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor)
Description: Includes a typed description of a silent film production about glass fabrication and a list of frames for each scene. The production focuses on bent plate glass varieties including Vitrolite and Bent Patterned Glass. Fifty-five sketches depict the slides used for each scene's frame.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_10_29
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Plate Glass production script
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor)
Description: In this script for a sound slide film production, a man writes a letter to his son relaying his knowledge of the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company. He explains the importance of plate glass and how to judge good glass from poor. Next, he recounts the history of plate glass manufacture and describes developments made possible by plate glass.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_10_30
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Plane Facts About Glass production script
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor)
Description: This script for a motion picture film production begins by describing military pilots' need for reliable glass in their aircrafts to establish why high-quality glass is important. Then, the script explains how Libby-Owens-Ford glass panes meet a high-quality standard by explaining how the panes are manufactured and undergo quality control testing.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_11_03
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Doorway to Sales production materials
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor)
Description: Includes production materials for a sound slide training film about Libbey-Owens-Ford Tuf-Flex doors. The script explains how Tuf-Flex glass is manufactured especially for doors, lists the customizable features and fittings for the doors, and describes the installation process. Also includes a representative selection of the sketches used for each scene of the production.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_10_28
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Look to Glass production materials
Date(s): 1944
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (sponsor), Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. (Associated name)
Description: This script and synopsis for a film production introduce the ubiquity and importance of glass, include lab scenes where glass testing occurs, and review the glass manufacturing process at Libbey-Owens-Ford plants.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_10_24
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Heritage of Glass production scripts
Date(s): 1946
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor), Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. (Associated name)
Description: A script for a film production which establishes the significance of glass in daily life. Reviews glass products made by Libbey-Owens-Ford such as Vitrolite and Tufflex. Includes a technical description of glass manufacture.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_10_26
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Sand in Your Life production script
Date(s): 1944
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (sponsor), Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. (Associated name)
Description: This script for a film production describes the process of glassmaking at Libbey-Owens-Ford manufacturing plants from acquiring sand at a quarry to producing several types of glass products.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_10_25
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Perfect Parallel production script
Date(s): 1954
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor), Fuller & Smith & Ross, Inc. (Associated name)
Description: An incomplete script for a film production which discusses how the need for strong plate glass in automobiles inspired the development of safety plate glass. The script then describes how the continuous grinding method is used for plate glass production.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_11_12
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: What Next for Tuf-Flex? production script
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor)
Description: A script for a sound slide film production which advertises the strength and safety of Tuf-Flex glass products by the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass company. The production describes in detail how Tuf-Flex is manufactured to be a particularly strong plane glass. The production describes the construction of the glass product and highlights its tendency to shatter into small particles rather than shards if broken. Includes an additional page of the production's slide images.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_11_06
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The Reason Why of Thermopane production script
Date(s): 1947
Contributor(s): Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company (Sponsor)
Description: A script for a sound slide film production describing the Libbey-Owens-Ford Company's Thermopane glass products, a pane glass with insulating properties. The production describes the construction of Thermopane, then examines facts and figures that prove how effective an insulator it is. The script provides scientific evidence to show how the panes insulate a home in hot or cold weather. Includes an additional page of the production's slide images.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films
Hagley ID: AVD_2019227_11_04
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: The evolution of the glass container industry
Date(s): 1956
Contributor(s): James, Daniel J., 1920- (author)
Hagley ID: 08034858_evolution_glass_container
Collection: Hagley Library Published Collections

Title: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Date(s): 1900
Creator: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Contributor(s): Gillam & Shaughnessy (New York, N.Y.) (printer)
Description: Information and illustrations concerning the manufacture and uses of plate glass.
Collection ID: 90.442
Hagley ID: Trade_Cats_1032013_049
Collection: Trade catalogs and pamphlets