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Title: The Power of Super 16
Date(s): 1993
Contributor(s): Eastman Kodak Company (Sponsor)
Description: Film exploring the benefits of using super 16mm film in motion picture production. Argues that film is superior to video as a medium for capturing moving images. Features various directors, producers, cinematographers, and other filmmakers, including Rune Ericson, Jean Pierre Beauviala, Andrew Dunn, Katja von Garnier, Ewa Karlström, Peter Langsdale, and Maurice Olivier. A UK production.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC310
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The New Yorker Special
Date(s): 1985
Contributor(s): National Endowment for the Humanities (Sponsor), New York State Council on the Arts (Sponsor), D'Aquisto, James (Narrator), Hall, Jim, 1930-2013 (Instrumentalist)
Description: Film celebrating the art of guitar making, featuring New York jazz musician and luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto. Shows footage of D'Aquisto building a guitar as he speaks about his personal journey to becoming an instrument manufacturer, including his time as an apprentice to legendary guitar maker John D'Angelico. D'Aquisto also details about how he builds his instruments and explains the structure of an acoustic guitar. Film ends with jazz musician Jim Hall performing with one of D'Aquisto...
Show moreFilm celebrating the art of guitar making, featuring New York jazz musician and luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto. Shows footage of D'Aquisto building a guitar as he speaks about his personal journey to becoming an instrument manufacturer, including his time as an apprentice to legendary guitar maker John D'Angelico. D'Aquisto also details about how he builds his instruments and explains the structure of an acoustic guitar. Film ends with jazz musician Jim Hall performing with one of D'Aquisto's guitars.
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Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC319
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The IBM Retail Solution
Date(s): 1983
Description: Promotional film for the IBM 5260 retail system, a cash register that works with computer software to help small businesses make sales simple. Features include a customizable keyboard, receipt printer, gift certificate processor, and rotatable display. The register also acts as a sales floor data collection device that can help a store manage its inventory.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC229_01
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The Future Below
Date(s): 1983
Description: Short film promoting the ocean as the future of oil and gas energy. Shows how Exxon finds and extracts oil underwater, and how pipelines are installed and maintained at extreme depths. Includes scenes of wildlife, human and robot laborers, and oil rigs. Written and directed by Theo Kamecke.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC217
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Honda Commercials
Date(s): 1983
Contributor(s): American Honda Motor Company (sponsor)
Description: Five commercials for Honda Automobile.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC27
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Coal People: A Century of Pride
Date(s): 1983
Contributor(s): Peabody Holding Company (Sponsor), William J. Schwartz & Associates (Production company)
Description: Film promoting coal as a reliable, inexpensive, and abundant energy source in the United States. Celebrates all aspects of the anthracite coal industry, focusing primarily on the thousands of workers who ensure it runs smoothly, including miners, machine operators, engineers, geologists, and more.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC283
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The Case for Computers
Date(s): 1983
Contributor(s): International Business Machines Corporation (Sponsor), Image Associates (Production company)
Description: Film advocating for the use of computers in law firms, specifically the systems created by IBM. Four lawyers in Chicago (IL), Boulder (CO), Austin (TX), and Wilmington (DE) discuss the value of adding an IBM system to their practices. The benefits include being able to easily keep track of case files, automate their billing and accounting, and shrink their physical libraries.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC229_02
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Yield...From Research to Reality
Date(s): 1982
Contributor(s): DeKalb AgResearch, Inc. (sponsor)
Description: Film depicts the process of hybridizing corn.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC37
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: PUMA...The Leading Edge in Robotic Technology
Date(s): 1981
Description: Film promoting the Programmable Universal Manipulation Arm (PUMA), a robotic arm developed by Unimation, Inc. Shows several PUMA models, including the 500, 600, and 250 series, performing a variety of industrial tasks, such as materials handling, joining, assembly, inspection, and finishing. The film also demonstrates how the PUMA can be easily programmed using the Variable Assembly Language (VAL) control system.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC57
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Steel at the Crossroads: The American Steel Industry in the 1980s
Date(s): 1980
Contributor(s): American Iron and Steel Institute (sponsor), Film Farm (production company)
Description: Film asks whether the steel industry will survive the 1980s.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC29
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection, Film and Video

Title: Clearing the Air About Cleveland
Date(s): 1979
Contributor(s): Republic Steel Corporation (sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (production company)
Description: Film discusses air pollution in Cleveland, Ohio.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC17
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Miller High Life: Harbor Pilot
Date(s): 1979
Contributor(s): Miller Brewing Company (Sponsor), McCann Erickson (Production company), Glover, Danny (Actor)
Description: A harbor pilot guides a large container ship through San Francisco Bay and out to the Pacific Ocean. He celebrates by joining his friends at the local bar for a Miller High Life beer. Actor Danny Glover is featured. The Golden Gate Bridge can be seen in a few shots.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC235_01
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Pabst Blue Ribbon: Final Exam
Date(s): 1978
Contributor(s): Pabst Brewing Company (1938- ) (Sponsor), University of California, Los Angeles. School of Law (Setting), Wilson, Rita (Actor)
Description: A young man finishes his tax law final exam and meets up with friends for a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer at the bar. "I've got Pabst Blue ribbon on my mind." "Pabst. A lot to look forward to." The student's female friend is likely actress Rita Wilson. Filmed at UCLA Law School.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC235_03
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Discovering Electronic Music
Date(s): 1977
Contributor(s): BFA Educational Media (Sponsor)
Description: A film that shows the physical basis of music and how it is created and altered by electronic means using synthesizers imitating musical instruments and computer-controlled music and composition created with a computer. Directed by Bernard Willets. Interviews with F.R. Moore from Bell Telephone Labs; Gerald Strang from UCLA; Copyright Bailey Film Associates.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC272
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Philadelphia Going to Town
Date(s): 1976
Contributor(s): Western Savings Bank (sponsor)
Description: Shots of various parts of Philadelphia including landmarks such as the Liberty Bell and City Hall, as well as a Chinese New Year Parade, the Philadelphia Symphony, The Philadelphia Eagles, rowers on the Schuylkill and the Mummer's Parade.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC63
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Anheuser Busch: Zoo
Date(s): 1976
Description: A young woman works at a zoo and discusses her passion for animals, the same passion Busch has for brewing beer. "Busch. When you believe in what you're doing."
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC236_01
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Capitalism and Communism: A comparison
Date(s): 1976
Contributor(s): BFA Educational Media (Production company), CBS Incorporated (Producer), Smith, Kent (Director), Hollander, Eli (Contributor)
Description: Short film comparing the capitalist and communist economic systems. Details the theory behind each system, why and how they've been implemented in various countries, and the benefits and drawbacks of both. Includes interviews with citizens of the United States and Yugoslavia. One of the actors is likely a young Bill Paxton.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC74
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: The Party
Date(s): 1976
Contributor(s): Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company (Sponsor), Bryant Avenue Productions (Production company), Bass, Saul (Producer), Aller, Bob (Director)
Description: Promotional film celebrating Westinghouse's 90th anniversary. A fictional party is attended by various men and women from the past and present, all of whom either developed or used Westinghouse products. Several attendees discuss their relationships to Westinghouse with a reporter carrying a microphone. Specific inventions highlighted include the nuclear reactor in the U.S.S. Nautilus submarine, mobile temperature control systems for Thermo King, cameras used in the Apollo missions, nuclear...
Show morePromotional film celebrating Westinghouse's 90th anniversary. A fictional party is attended by various men and women from the past and present, all of whom either developed or used Westinghouse products. Several attendees discuss their relationships to Westinghouse with a reporter carrying a microphone. Specific inventions highlighted include the nuclear reactor in the U.S.S. Nautilus submarine, mobile temperature control systems for Thermo King, cameras used in the Apollo missions, nuclear power plants in France, and the Sears Tower elevators. At one point, George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison argue about light bulbs. Westinghouse Chairman Robert E. Kirby makes a statement at the end. Produced by Saul Bass; directed by Bob Aller; written by Bill McCormack and Greg Dinallo; director of photography: Jules Brenner; edited by Bob Bass and Dennis Dolan; production executive: Dick Huppertz; executive producer: Herb Yager.
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Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC248
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Trader Vic's Used Cars
Date(s): 1975
Contributor(s): Braverman Productions (production company)
Description: Documentary on Victor Syder, a used car salesman in Pacoima, California. See pamphlet for discussion questions and summary. Produced by Charles Braverman.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC21
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: People to People
Date(s): 1974
Contributor(s): Counselor Films, Inc. (Distributor), Olympus Media (Production company)
Description: Film exploring careers in communication and media, including telephone line construction, telephone installation, central office administration, journalism, editing, newspaper printing, photography, newscasting, camera operation, and more.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC169
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Born to Learn
Date(s): 1974
Contributor(s): Bell & Howell Co. (Sponsor)
Description: Promotional film for the Bell & Howell Language Master System, an educational tool to help students learn new vocabulary and proper word pronunciation. The "system" is comprised of a series of cards with a magnetic strip at the bottom and a written word or picture at the top. When a student inserts a card into a Bell & Howell machine reader, the reader recites the word for the student.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC312
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: What Price Security?
Date(s): 1973
Contributor(s): Weiser Lock Company (Sponsor), Norris Industries (Sponsor)
Description: In a laboratory setting, standard, off-the-shelf door locks are tested against the new Weiser lock. The locks are mounted to a wooden board with the same thickness as a standard door. A researcher then attempts to break them as would an intruder. The Weiser lock performs the best.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC245
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Office Practice : Business Manners and Customs
Date(s): 1972
Contributor(s): Coronet Films (production company), McGuire, Jerry (screenwriter), Smith, Nick (director)
Description: Educational Collaborator James R. Meehan, Ed.D., Dean of Administration, Hunter College of the City University of New York. Film explains the importance of manners in the office.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC164
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: People Who Work in Stores
Date(s): 1971
Contributor(s): Coronet Films (production company)
Description: Educational Collaborator Frank J. Estvan, PhD Professor of Education, Wayne State University. Film describes various occupations within a store.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC143
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

Title: Eastern Airlines: L.A. Dream
Date(s): 1971
Contributor(s): Eastern Air Lines (Sponsor), Dick Miller Associates (Production company), Koulax, Thomas J. (James), 1918-1992 (Onscreen presenter)
Description: Various people discuss their love of Los Angeles. Eastern Airlines can get you there. "The Wings of Man." Features Thomas "Tom" Koulax, the founder of well-known hamburger restaurant chain Original Tommy's.
Collection ID: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection (Accession 2018.222)
Hagley ID: FILM_2018222_FC236_02
Collection: Sponsored and industrial motion picture film collection

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