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24 Hours of Progress Pt. 2 of 2

Reel Number: 221307-06

Color: Black and White

Sound: SD

Year / Date: 1952

Country: USA

Location: New York City,NYC

TC Begins: 12:13:17

TC Ends: 12:24:32

Duration: 00:11:15

24 Hours of Progress Pt. 2 of 2 Constellation flying seen from above. Grain combines cutting grain, dumping into trucks. Corn field & men check crop; then harvesting w/ corn harvester. Hay baling machine. Farm house & liquified gas (propane) delivered. Men spraying orchard w/ petroleum based spray at harvest. 12:14:44 Pendulum & clock at 2pm. 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 taking on bunker fuel. Men hoisting large pipe. Parkway w/ cars. Traffic into Lincoln Tunnel. GOOD traffic shots. 12:18:08 Oil canning plant filling cans, sealing, etc. Car superimposed w cans on conveyors. Nash cars. Convertible in country. 12:19:02 4:30 clock superimposed on map. Scientists in laboratory w/ glass tubes, bunson burner. Housewife shopping w/ cart in grocery store. Bacon packages, milk cartons & checkout line w/ manual cash register. 12:20:45 5:45 clock supered. Electric power stations & generating plant w/ men lubricating & checking gauges. CU of switch thrown, lights coming on. Subway IRT sign, Roseland ballroom w/ Bob Chester & Charleston Contest announced. China Doll marque. Roller skating rink and Bop City w/ Count Basie on marquee. Kleenex, moving signs in Times Square. 12:21:53 Plane landing. Service station at night. Refinery w/ lights. Tanker at sea & 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; travel; technology; 1949; 1950s; Americana; Neon Signs;

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