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1949INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
A CHEMIST EXPLAINS TO TWO BOYS HOW A SPIDER'S METHOD OF SPINNING A WEB COMPARES WITH THE MANUFACTURE OF SYNTHETIC FIBERS. THEN SHOWS IN DETAIL THE PROCESSES BY WHICH RAYON AND NYLON ARE MADE. PICTURES BRIEFLY THE MANUFACTURE OF A NYLON HOSE. LATE 1940'S.

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THE MANUFACTURE OF NYLON & RAYON, LATE 1940S REEL BEGINS
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FACTORY SPOOL OF FIBER, MOVING BACK AND FORTH. FACTORY MACHINERY. AUTOMATIC LOOMS WEAVE
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TWO EAGER TO LEARN YOUNG BOYS IN SCIENCE LAB. CHEMIST IN WHITE LAB COAT POURING LIQUID INTO BEAKER. CHEMIST EXPLAINING TO BOYS HOW THE SYNTHETIC FIBER (CLOTH), RAYON, IS MADE.
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CLOSE UP SCIENTIST TALKS ABOUT MAKING SYNTHETIC RAYON COMPARING IT TO A SPIDER SPINNING A WEB
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CLOSE UP SPIDER - SPINNING A WEB
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CLOSE UP WOOD LOGS SLOWLY MOVING INTO PULP MILL.
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HANDS HOLDING PIECE OF WOOD PULP, LOOKS LIKE PAPER.
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WORKERS IN RAYON MILL, SEPARATING LARGE SHEETS OF PULP. AND (CLOSE UP)DROPPING EACH SHEET ONE BY ONE INTO A TANK.
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WORKER IN FACTORY WEARING GOGGLES TAKING SOAKED PULP OUT OF TANK
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SHEETS OF PULP BEING DROPPED THROUGH HOLE IN FLOOR.
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PULP DROPPING INTO LARGE SHREDDING MACHINE.
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SLOW PAN OF MACHINERY IN FACTORY
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WORKER LIFTING OPEN SHREDDER, FLUFFY CRUMBS OF PULP ARE SEEN POURING DOWN CHUTE
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CLOSE UP WHITE FLUFFY SUBSTANCE - PULP CRUMBS
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HAND HOLDING SHOVEL PUSHING PULP DOWN INTO CHUTE FOR AGING PROCESS.
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HUGE CHURNING VATS IN FACTORY
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FACTORY WORKER IN OVERALLS SHOVELING PULP CRUMBS INTO LARGE VAT
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CLOSE UP LARGE AMOUNTS OF WHITE FLUFFY COTTON LIKE SUBSTANCE. LOOKS LIKE SNOW.
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BACK TO LAB WITH TWO LITTLE BOYS AND SCIENTIST. SCIENTIST EXPLAINING HOW RAYON FIBER IS MADE STEP BY STEP. POURING CHEMICALS INTO BEAKERS, BOYS LOOKING INTERESTED
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HANDS HOLDING GLASS JAR OF GOOPY THICK BLACK LIQUID
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SPOONING THICK GOOPY STUFF INTO BEAKER WITH CLEAR FLUID
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A LONG STRING OF FIBER IS SHOWN COMING OUT OF BEAKER.
01:34:00 310 thumbnail
CLOSE UP SPINNING MACHINE AT FIBER MILL.
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HANDS WORKING SPINNERETTE MACHINE. CLOSE UP ON TINY HOLES IN END OF SPINNERETTE WITH LIQUID SPINNING OUT
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GLOVED HANDS IN ACID BATH
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CLOSE UP - FILAMENTS (OF RAYON) SHOOTING OUT OF HOLES IN SPINNERETTE MACHINE
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RAYON YARN SPINNING
01:35:00 370.42 thumbnail
WORKERS IN FACTORY REMOVING CAKES OF RAYON YARN FROM LARGE MACHINE.
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TWO YOUNG BOYS TALKING WITH SCIENTIST IN LABORATORY. SCIENTIST SHOWS BOYS NYLON CLOTH AND BEGINS TO EXPLAIN HOW CLOTH IS MADE FROM COAL.
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MAKING NYLON FROM COAL SEGMENT BEGINS:
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CLOSE UP HUGE VAT OF BLACK COAL
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HUGE STEAM SHOVEL LIFTS LARGE AMOUNT OF COAL DUMPING IT INTO LARGE VAT OR DUMPSTER
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HEATED COAL COMING OUT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT FALLIING INTO VAT
01:36:29 458.99 thumbnail
SCIENTIST IN LAB WITH TWO BOYS, TAKES CHEMICALS OFF SHELF, EXPLAINING THE CHEMICALS THAT COME FROM COAL.
01:36:45 475.08 thumbnail
BOYS STRUGGLING TO PRONOUNCE CHEMICAL NAMES.
01:37:01 491.52 thumbnail
CLOSE UP SMALL VIALS OF CHEMICALS (USED TO MAKE NYLON).
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CLOSE SHOT TWO YOUNG BOYS ABOUT 8 - 10 YEARS OLD LOOKING INTENTLY ON AS SCIENTIST POURS CHEMICALS INTO VIALS.
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CLOSE UP HANDS MIXING CHEMICALS IN VIALS.
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CLOSE UP A BEAKER WITH CLEAR LIQUID
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FACTORY WORKER AT NYLON PLANT, TIGHTENING THE WHEELS ON HUGE TANKS
01:37:47 537.12 thumbnail
MAN AT FACTORY AT INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL
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MAN TURNING WHEEL ON LARGE VESSEL IN NYLON FACTORY
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CHEMICALS COOKING IN LARGE SPINNING VATS
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SOLID STRIPS OF NYLON SPINNING INTO MACHINE, WHERE ITS BLENDED, MELTED.
01:38:38 588.61 thumbnail
CLOSE UP NYLON SPINNERETTE, NYLON FILAMENTS COMING OUT OF TINY HOLES IN MACHINE.
01:39:03 613.12 thumbnail
MAN AT MACHINE SPINNING TWISTING NYLON FIBERS
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CLOSE UP LARGE BOBBINS OF SILKY MAN-MADE NYLON YARN
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BACK TO SCIENCE LAB, TWO BOYS WATCHING AS MAN STRETCHES NYLON YARN
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FACTORY WORKER AT HOSIERY MILL, ADJUSTING EQUIPMENT . CLOSE UP OF NYLON COMING OUT OF MACHINE.
01:40:11 681.57 thumbnail
CLOSE UP NYLON KNITTING MACHINE, THREADS MOVING IN AND OUT, BACK AND FORTH AMONG NEEDLES. STOCKING COMES OUT IN BROAD FLAT STRIP.
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WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINES IN FACTORY - CIRCA LATE 1940'S
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CLOSE UP WOMAN SEWING STRIPS OF NYLON ON INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE TO MAKE A STOCKING.
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1940'S WOMAN WORKING AT NYLON STOCKING FACTORY, TAKING FINISHED STOCKINGS OFF FORMS. READY TO BE WORN.
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WOMAN'S HANDS, STRETCHING FINISHED NYLON STOCKING ON ARM
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(SAME) LITTLE BOYS ASKING SCIENTIST IN LAB LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
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NYLON & RAYON, LATE 1940S REEL ENDS
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