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Title: Tools That Shaped America
Date(s): 1965
Contributor(s): Grinding Wheel Institute (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Hadley, Reed, 1911-1974 (Host), Ellis, William Donohue (Screenwriter)
Description: Actor Reed Hadley hosts this educational film about various American inventors and the tools they created. Presented through a series of reenactments, the film details each invention and how it helped shape the United States. Also includes a long segment on the grinding wheel, its importance in the industrial tool family, and its numerous of applications.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC282
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: American Roulette
Date(s): 1972
Contributor(s): Grinding Wheel Institute (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company), Schneider, Robert A. (Director), Horrocks, Harry (Cinematographer)
Description: Training film educating viewers on the proper operation of grinding machinery and the importance of safety while on the job. Features interviews with various grinders and foremen who describe how easily workplace accidents and injuries can occur. They detail the specific safety measures in place to avoid any disasters. Directed and edited by Robert A. Schneider; photographed by Harry Horrocks and Ed Perry; sound recorded by Jerry Woodward and Don Matthews; researched by William D. Ellis and...
Show moreTraining film educating viewers on the proper operation of grinding machinery and the importance of safety while on the job. Features interviews with various grinders and foremen who describe how easily workplace accidents and injuries can occur. They detail the specific safety measures in place to avoid any disasters. Directed and edited by Robert A. Schneider; photographed by Harry Horrocks and Ed Perry; sound recorded by Jerry Woodward and Don Matthews; researched by William D. Ellis and Editorial Services, Inc.
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Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC283
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films

Title: Change-Over
Date(s): 1964
Contributor(s): Grinding Wheel Institute (Sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (Production company)
Description: Film presenting the many advantages of using abrasive machining in manufacturing. Follows a struggling, fictional corporation as they decide to "change-over" their machining process to abrasives, thus cutting costs and ramping up production speeds.
Collection ID: Cinecraft Productions films (Accession 2019.227)
Hagley ID: FILM_2019227_FC252
Collection: Cinecraft Productions Films