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24 Hours of Progress Part 3 of 3

Reel Number: 220965-01

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1950

Country: USA

Location: California,SAn Pedro

TC Begins: 18:31:25

TC Ends: 18:41:00

Duration: 00:09:35

24 Hours of Progress Part 3 of 3 Large refinery & cracking tower (?) being painted. CU of painter. Various views of tanks, valves, painters. Pipes labeled; filling railroad oil tank cars; filling oil delivery trucks. Large oil tanker ship being loaded; barge in Louisiana moving up river. Port of New York SS America tanking on bunker fuel. Men hoisting large pipe. Parkway with cars. Traffic into Lincoln Tunnel. Good traffic shots. Oil canning plant filling cans, sealing, etc. Car superimposed with cans on conveyors. Nash cars. Convertible in country. 18:35:3? 4:30 clock superimposed on map. Scientists in laboratory w/ glass tubes, bunson burner. Housewife shopping with cart in grocery store. Bacon packages, milk cartons and checkout line with manual cash register. 5:45 clock supered. Electric power stations and generating plant with men lubricating and checking gauges. CU of switch thrown and lights coming on. Subway IRT sign, Roseland ballroom with Bob Chester and Charleston Contest announced. China Doll marque. Roller skating rink and Bop City w/ Count Basie on marquee. kleenex, moving signs in Times Square. 18:38:4? Plane landing. Service station at night. Refinery with lights. Tanker at sea and men on bridge partially lit. Drilling on rig in Gulf of Mexico. Indian River Pumping Station on pipeline. Pumping at night at well. Industry Petroleum sponsored educational film

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