Manufacturing/ Industry

1940s

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A short documentary about the oyster and pearl industry in Japan.…

1950s

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Youth & Science: teenager lying on grass looks into sky and sees…

1950s

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Bill's voice over a re-enactment of a co-worker falling and…

1950s

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In the kitchen the family discusses the merits of Mary's method of…

1950s

13170_6044_pipe_line2

A male voice over describes the processes involved in laying a new oil…

1950s

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male voice over narrates the process and procedures for lowering the…

1950s

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A male voice narrates over the process of joining sections of oil pipe…

1950s

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A male voice narrates about the challenges of laying pipe in the Mojave…

1950s

13169_10685_cereal

Exploding popped wheat machine. Popped wheat being sifted by industrial…

1950s

13169_10685_mining

Tractor being lifted with a large crane. In Jamaica, bauxite mining…

1950s

13169_10685_straw_hat

Maryland: production of straw hats. We see a a hat being spun in CU.…

1950s

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Oyster shells are rotated in huge drums and kilns. Magnesium oxide…