An Excursion In Science: Kingdom of Plastics, The (main title missing)

An Excursion In Science: The Kingdom of Plastics (main title misisng) Jam Handy Org. for General Electric Technicolor. Kids at party decide to play ‘blind man’s buff’. Father gives daughter Susie his handkerchief to use as blindfold. Boy holds plastic thimble over her head & Susie is stumped because the object she's trying to guess is not from the animal, vegetable or mineral kingdoms. Her dad, an engineer, sits the kids down & suggests that it is from “the fourth kingdom, the kingdom of plastics”. Narrated by the father, film then reviews the role of thermoplastic & thermosetting compounds in history & WWII... 10:21:40 Man in turn-of-the-century dress putting on celluloid collar in front of mirror - but “Grandad soon found out that it was a pain in the neck...and dangerous”. Collar ignites on dressing table. 10:22:07 CU man lighting pipe, puts match in fire-resistant plastic ashtray. VO re natural & growing elements used in plastics - water, corn, coalfields. Chemist in laboratory mixing chemicals, zoom in on flask & cut to animation of molecules in vars patterns. 10:24:16 Resin cubes poured into waffle iron & heated - plastic waffles! Resin heated in different shaped mold. Much stronger plastic produced by thermosetting procedure. Filler mixed w/ resin for strength. 10:25:57 Various plastic products on revolving display - alarm clock, shaving brush, film spool, baby rattle etc. Scientist in lab - zoom in on Bunsen burner. 10:26:50 WWII armament production montage. Pan across plastic components used in military equipment - 75mm gun fired; tank past; fighter planes in flight; battleships at sea. Uses of plastics in peacetime: model of new airport development, artist’s impression of new car interior, female fashion designer at easel. CUs dress & shoe designs - modern home interiors. Manufacturing; Man-made Materials; Mass Production; Progress; Science & Technology; Future; Bakelite; Modernism; Synthetics; Promotional Film; Sponsored Film; Marketing; Post-WW2; Americana;