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01:28:50 0.41 |
THE MANUFACTURE OF NYLON & RAYON, LATE 1940S REEL BEGINS
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01:29:00 9.9 |
FACTORY SPOOL OF FIBER, MOVING BACK AND FORTH. FACTORY MACHINERY. AUTOMATIC LOOMS WEAVE
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01:29:12 21.85 |
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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01:29:37 47.38 |
CLOSE UP SCIENTIST TALKS ABOUT MAKING SYNTHETIC RAYON COMPARING IT TO A SPIDER SPINNING A WEB
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01:29:57 67.26 |
CLOSE UP SPIDER - SPINNING A WEB
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01:30:29 98.78 |
CLOSE UP WOOD LOGS SLOWLY MOVING INTO PULP MILL.
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01:30:44 114.64 |
HANDS HOLDING PIECE OF WOOD PULP, LOOKS LIKE PAPER.
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01:30:53 123.16 |
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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01:31:13 143.41 |
WORKER IN FACTORY WEARING GOGGLES TAKING SOAKED PULP OUT OF TANK
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01:31:29 159.05 |
SHEETS OF PULP BEING DROPPED THROUGH HOLE IN FLOOR.
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01:31:38 168.16 |
PULP DROPPING INTO LARGE SHREDDING MACHINE.
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01:31:44 174.47 |
SLOW PAN OF MACHINERY IN FACTORY
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01:31:55 184.73 |
WORKER LIFTING OPEN SHREDDER, FLUFFY CRUMBS OF PULP ARE SEEN POURING DOWN CHUTE
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01:32:11 201.05 |
CLOSE UP WHITE FLUFFY SUBSTANCE - PULP CRUMBS
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01:32:16 206.69 |
HAND HOLDING SHOVEL PUSHING PULP DOWN INTO CHUTE FOR AGING PROCESS.
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01:32:27 217.33 |
HUGE CHURNING VATS IN FACTORY
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01:32:37 227.26 |
FACTORY WORKER IN OVERALLS SHOVELING PULP CRUMBS INTO LARGE VAT
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01:32:39 229.39 |
CLOSE UP LARGE AMOUNTS OF WHITE FLUFFY COTTON LIKE SUBSTANCE. LOOKS LIKE SNOW.
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01:32:46 236.33 |
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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01:33:04 253.94 |
HANDS HOLDING GLASS JAR OF GOOPY THICK BLACK LIQUID
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01:33:39 288.9 |
SPOONING THICK GOOPY STUFF INTO BEAKER WITH CLEAR FLUID
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01:33:51 301.32 |
A LONG STRING OF FIBER IS SHOWN COMING OUT OF BEAKER.
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01:34:00 310 |
CLOSE UP SPINNING MACHINE AT FIBER MILL.
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01:34:09 319.51 |
HANDS WORKING SPINNERETTE MACHINE. CLOSE UP ON TINY HOLES IN END OF SPINNERETTE WITH LIQUID SPINNING OUT
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01:34:15 325.2 |
GLOVED HANDS IN ACID BATH
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01:34:27 337.09 |
CLOSE UP - FILAMENTS (OF RAYON) SHOOTING OUT OF HOLES IN SPINNERETTE MACHINE
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01:34:52 361.78 |
RAYON YARN SPINNING
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01:35:00 370.42 |
WORKERS IN FACTORY REMOVING CAKES OF RAYON YARN FROM LARGE MACHINE.
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01:35:32 402.38 |
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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01:36:05 435.4 |
MAKING NYLON FROM COAL SEGMENT BEGINS:
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01:36:07 436.92 |
CLOSE UP HUGE VAT OF BLACK COAL
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01:36:16 446.08 |
HUGE STEAM SHOVEL LIFTS LARGE AMOUNT OF COAL DUMPING IT INTO LARGE VAT OR DUMPSTER
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01:36:22 451.75 |
HEATED COAL COMING OUT OF HEAVY EQUIPMENT FALLIING INTO VAT
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01:36:29 458.99 |
SCIENTIST IN LAB WITH TWO BOYS, TAKES CHEMICALS OFF SHELF, EXPLAINING THE CHEMICALS THAT COME FROM COAL.
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01:36:45 475.08 |
BOYS STRUGGLING TO PRONOUNCE CHEMICAL NAMES.
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01:37:01 491.52 |
CLOSE UP SMALL VIALS OF CHEMICALS (USED TO MAKE NYLON).
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01:37:05 494.91 |
CLOSE SHOT TWO YOUNG BOYS ABOUT 8 - 10 YEARS OLD LOOKING INTENTLY ON AS SCIENTIST POURS CHEMICALS INTO VIALS.
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01:37:15 505.41 |
CLOSE UP HANDS MIXING CHEMICALS IN VIALS.
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01:37:25 515.19 |
CLOSE UP A BEAKER WITH CLEAR LIQUID
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01:37:33 522.8 |
FACTORY WORKER AT NYLON PLANT, TIGHTENING THE WHEELS ON HUGE TANKS
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01:37:47 537.12 |
MAN AT FACTORY AT INSTRUMENT CONTROL PANEL
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01:38:01 551.55 |
MAN TURNING WHEEL ON LARGE VESSEL IN NYLON FACTORY
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01:38:16 566.15 |
CHEMICALS COOKING IN LARGE SPINNING VATS
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01:38:21 571.47 |
SOLID STRIPS OF NYLON SPINNING INTO MACHINE, WHERE ITS BLENDED, MELTED.
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01:38:38 588.61 |
CLOSE UP NYLON SPINNERETTE, NYLON FILAMENTS COMING OUT OF TINY HOLES IN MACHINE.
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01:39:03 613.12 |
MAN AT MACHINE SPINNING TWISTING NYLON FIBERS
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01:39:20 629.84 |
CLOSE UP LARGE BOBBINS OF SILKY MAN-MADE NYLON YARN
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01:39:27 636.96 |
BACK TO SCIENCE LAB, TWO BOYS WATCHING AS MAN STRETCHES NYLON YARN
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01:39:45 655.11 |
FACTORY WORKER AT HOSIERY MILL, ADJUSTING EQUIPMENT . CLOSE UP OF NYLON COMING OUT OF MACHINE.
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01:40:11 681.57 |
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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01:40:27 696.93 |
WOMEN AT SEWING MACHINES IN FACTORY - CIRCA LATE 1940'S
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01:40:32 702.19 |
CLOSE UP WOMAN SEWING STRIPS OF NYLON ON INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINE TO MAKE A STOCKING.
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01:40:32 702.22 |
1940'S WOMAN WORKING AT NYLON STOCKING FACTORY, TAKING FINISHED STOCKINGS OFF FORMS. READY TO BE WORN.
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01:41:15 745.31 |
WOMAN'S HANDS, STRETCHING FINISHED NYLON STOCKING ON ARM
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01:41:25 755.38 |
(SAME) LITTLE BOYS ASKING SCIENTIST IN LAB LOTS OF QUESTIONS.
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01:41:43 773.27 |
NYLON & RAYON, LATE 1940S REEL ENDS
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211 Third St, Greenport NY, 11944
[email protected]
631-477-9700
1-800-249-1940
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