In Our Hands, Part 2: What We Have

1950 · Prelinger Archives · 15 minutes · 135 shots · Black and white

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Animated title screen: IN OUR HANDS, PART TWO, over US map graphic.
0:00.0–0:03.5 (3.5 s) · shot 2864 · animation
Credits screen: written by James Prindle, directed by Jack Tilles, Borg-Warner Corporation.
0:03.5–0:22.8 (19.3 s) · shot 2865 · animation
Static exterior view of a suburban residential house with lawn and trees.
0:22.8–0:34.1 (11.3 s) · shot 2866
A woman in a floral dress walks out of the front door.
0:34.1–0:55.0 (21.0 s) · shot 2867
A woman in a kitchen looks at a newspaper near a window.
0:55.0–1:12.9 (17.9 s) · shot 2868
A man shaves his face with foam in a bright bathroom mirror.
1:12.9–1:18.5 (5.5 s) · shot 2869
A woman in a floral dress stands in a domestic interior smiling.
1:18.5–1:23.0 (4.5 s) · shot 2870
A woman walks across a room towards a window in a house.
1:23.0–1:25.3 (2.3 s) · shot 2871
A woman stands in a kitchen next to a stove; pan; open-pit mine.
1:25.3–1:50.3 (25.1 s) · shot 2872
An open-pit mining site, excavator machine operator in cabin working controls.
1:50.3–1:54.0 (3.7 s) · shot 2873
An excavator arm lifts a large bucket full of excavated earth.
1:54.0–1:57.9 (3.9 s) · shot 2874
An excavator empties earth into a long line of freight cars.
1:57.9–2:00.9 (3.0 s) · shot 2875
Freight cars dump material into a large industrial cargo ship hold.
2:00.9–2:06.8 (5.9 s) · shot 2876
Industrial equipment unloads bulk material from a cargo vessel.
2:06.8–2:09.6 (2.8 s) · shot 2877
Bulk material pours from a chute into a ship; harbor view.
2:09.6–2:14.3 (4.7 s) · shot 2878
Ships navigate a narrow harbor channel with lighthouses; ship loading cranes.
2:14.3–2:21.1 (6.8 s) · shot 2879
Industrial machinery crushes large rocks on an assembly line.
2:21.1–2:23.1 (2.0 s) · shot 2880
Large industrial cranes load materials at a harbor dock with ships.
2:23.1–2:26.7 (3.6 s) · shot 2881
Cargo ship docked; underground mining worker with equipment; rock pile.
2:26.7–2:37.1 (10.4 s) · shot 2882
Mining cart loaded with dark material emerges from an underground tunnel.
2:37.1–2:42.7 (5.6 s) · shot 2883
Open-pit mine with steam train on tracks; explosion in quarry.
2:42.7–2:48.2 (5.5 s) · shot 2884
Large mechanical shovel loads dirt into a railway car in a quarry.
2:48.2–2:54.1 (5.9 s) · shot 2885
Rocks travel on an industrial conveyor belt and processing equipment.
2:54.1–3:01.1 (6.9 s) · shot 2886
Material pours continuously from a chute into a storage facility near water.
3:01.1–3:04.8 (3.7 s) · shot 2887
Crane unloads materials at industrial site near blast furnaces, 1950s documentary footage.
3:04.8–3:23.3 (18.5 s) · shot 2888
Steam and smoke vent from industrial structure inside factory complex, 1950s documentary.
3:23.3–3:26.7 (3.5 s) · shot 2889
Workers handle raw materials inside large industrial factory setting, 1950s documentary footage.
3:26.7–3:31.8 (5.0 s) · shot 2890
Industrial machinery loads and processes raw materials inside steel plant, 1950s documentary.
3:31.8–3:34.3 (2.5 s) · shot 2891
Exterior view of large industrial blast furnaces smoking at steel mill, 1950s.
3:34.3–3:37.6 (3.3 s) · shot 2892
Workers converse near industrial equipment with smoke venting inside factory, 1950s.
3:37.6–3:46.6 (9.0 s) · shot 2893
Group of workers stands inside industrial facility observing steel manufacturing, 1950s.
3:46.6–3:48.7 (2.1 s) · shot 2894
Worker stands near industrial equipment holding tool inside steel plant, 1950s.
3:48.7–3:50.7 (2.0 s) · shot 2895
Molten metal pours and sparks fly inside industrial processing facility, 1950s.
3:50.7–3:54.7 (4.0 s) · shot 2896
Large industrial torpedo car container sits on railway tracks inside factory, 1950s.
3:54.7–3:56.7 (2.0 s) · shot 2897
Industrial steam locomotive with driver in cab moves inside steel plant, 1950s.
3:56.7–4:00.8 (4.1 s) · shot 2898
Operator sits at control console inside industrial facility, 1950s documentary footage.
4:00.8–4:04.5 (3.7 s) · shot 2899
Heavy industrial machinery operates inside steel manufacturing plant, 1950s footage.
4:04.5–4:12.3 (7.8 s) · shot 2900
Group of workers uses long poles to work on industrial furnace, 1950s.
4:12.3–4:15.0 (2.7 s) · shot 2901
Molten metal pours from ladle into container with bright flames, 1950s.
4:15.0–4:18.8 (3.8 s) · shot 2902
Worker looks out from control room window inside industrial plant, 1950s.
4:18.8–4:20.8 (2.0 s) · shot 2903
Large ladle holds molten metal inside industrial manufacturing plant, 1950s.
4:20.8–4:23.8 (3.0 s) · shot 2904
Workers operate equipment near molten metal pouring area inside steel plant, 1950s.
4:23.8–4:31.2 (7.4 s) · shot 2905
Two workers sit at control panels inside industrial facility, 1950s documentary.
4:31.2–4:32.7 (1.5 s) · shot 2906
Workers operate machinery as glowing metal slabs move on conveyor belt, 1950s.
4:32.7–4:38.7 (6.0 s) · shot 2907
Workers oversee hot glowing metal slab moving along industrial rollers, 1950s.
4:38.7–4:44.1 (5.5 s) · shot 2908
Hot metal slab is processed through heavy rolling mill machinery, 1950s.
4:44.1–4:53.4 (9.2 s) · shot 2909
Worker checks stacks of finished metal sheets inside industrial warehouse, 1950s.
4:53.4–5:10.2 (16.8 s) · shot 2910
Worker guides continuous metal strip through industrial processing machinery, 1950s.
5:10.2–5:17.3 (7.0 s) · shot 2911
factory worker feeding metal sheet into industrial stamping machine, 1950s style
5:17.3–5:23.4 (6.1 s) · shot 2912
automated conveyor belt transporting stamped metal pan lids in factory, 1950s
5:23.4–5:26.4 (3.0 s) · shot 2913
factory worker operating industrial press machine on metal parts, 1950s
5:26.4–5:31.6 (5.2 s) · shot 2914
factory worker loading metal pan lids into wooden shipping crate, 1950s
5:31.6–5:34.3 (2.6 s) · shot 2915
factory worker sorting and stacking finished metal pans, 1950s
5:34.3–5:38.7 (4.4 s) · shot 2916
factory worker packing finished metal pans into cardboard shipping box, 1950s
5:38.7–5:43.9 (5.2 s) · shot 2917
worker loading cardboard boxes into back of delivery truck at loading dock
5:43.9–5:47.8 (3.9 s) · shot 2918
large semi-truck driving along paved city street, 1950s
5:47.8–5:51.3 (3.5 s) · shot 2919
workers loading cargo boxes into back of delivery truck at shipping facility
5:51.3–5:53.8 (2.5 s) · shot 2920
delivery driver stepping out of hardware supply van with box, 1950s
5:53.8–5:56.5 (2.8 s) · shot 2921
hardware supply delivery van driving along paved city street, 1950s
5:56.5–5:59.3 (2.8 s) · shot 2922
hardware supply delivery van parked in front of retail storefront, 1950s
5:59.3–6:01.8 (2.5 s) · shot 2923
hardware store clerk unpacking box of metal pans on counter, 1950s
6:01.8–6:06.3 (4.5 s) · shot 2924
stack of metal frying pans on hardware store counter with economic text overlay
6:06.3–6:25.6 (19.3 s) · shot 2925
hardware store clerk packing merchandise back into cardboard box, 1950s
6:25.6–6:33.0 (7.4 s) · shot 2926
customer examining merchandise on display in kitchenware store, 1950s
6:33.0–7:08.8 (35.8 s) · shot 2927
delivery van driving away from hardware storefront on city street, 1950s
7:08.8–7:12.2 (3.3 s) · shot 2928
large semi-truck driving along paved city street, 1950s
7:12.2–7:13.2 (1.1 s) · shot 2929
factory conveyor belt with metal pan lids, 1950s industrial facility
7:13.2–7:14.3 (1.1 s) · shot 2930
industrial sheet metal rolling through heavy machinery rollers, 1950s factory
7:14.3–7:15.8 (1.5 s) · shot 2931
hot metal slab processing and industrial furnace in steel mill, 1950s
7:15.8–7:20.3 (4.5 s) · shot 2932
explosive mining operation with dust clouds over open pit quarry, 1950s
7:20.3–7:22.3 (2.0 s) · shot 2933
ore loading dock with conveyor chutes over cargo ship, 1950s industrial
7:22.3–7:24.3 (2.0 s) · shot 2934
large mining excavator dumping excavated earth in open pit mine, 1950s
7:24.3–7:31.1 (6.8 s) · shot 2935
A kitchen cooking sequence, woman carrying food, a farm hen house, and frying eggs
7:31.1–7:58.9 (27.9 s) · shot 2936
A worker in a farm collecting fresh eggs from nesting boxes into a basket
7:58.9–8:02.8 (3.8 s) · shot 2937
A farm worker pushing a cart filled with baskets of eggs near a wooden building
8:02.8–8:05.7 (2.9 s) · shot 2938
Baskets filled with eggs in a metal cart near some stairs
8:05.7–8:11.0 (5.3 s) · shot 2939
Two men sorting and grading eggs into baskets in a rustic farm room
8:11.0–8:13.9 (2.9 s) · shot 2940
A worker operating an egg grading and packaging machine in a dim room
8:13.9–8:15.9 (2.0 s) · shot 2941
An egg candling process showing light passing through eggs on a conveyor belt
8:15.9–8:18.8 (2.9 s) · shot 2942
Eggs moving along a conveyor belt and being packaged in cartons
8:18.8–8:24.0 (5.2 s) · shot 2943
Hands placing eggs into cartons, a grocery store clerk and customer, and candling lights
8:24.0–8:37.5 (13.5 s) · shot 2944
Men grading eggs on a farm and a worker pushing an egg cart outside
8:37.5–8:39.4 (2.0 s) · shot 2945
A farmer in a hen house, a tractor in a field, and eggs frying in a pan
8:39.4–8:51.6 (12.2 s) · shot 2946
A woman cooking eggs in a pan on a gas stove in her kitchen
8:51.6–9:02.0 (10.4 s) · shot 2947
A woman serving cooked eggs and food to a man sitting at a dining table
9:02.0–9:05.0 (3.0 s) · shot 2948
A woman and man eating breakfast together at a checkered tablecloth dining table
9:05.0–9:22.0 (17.0 s) · shot 2949
A man eating at a table, a worker in a factory, and a store clerk and customer
9:22.0–9:44.6 (22.6 s) · shot 2950
A grocery store clerk interacting with a customer at the checkout counter
9:44.6–9:53.3 (8.6 s) · shot 2951
Stacked cartons of eggs on a grocery store shelf with a price tag
9:53.3–9:56.7 (3.4 s) · shot 2952
Close-up of egg cartons with price signs showing changes in egg prices
9:56.7–10:03.5 (6.8 s) · shot 2953
A grocery store clerk and a customer talking near shelves of goods
10:03.5–10:07.3 (3.8 s) · shot 2954
A man and woman eating breakfast, the woman getting up, and returning to the table
10:07.3–10:13.3 (6.0 s) · shot 2955
A woman walking up to a man eating at a table and serving him food
10:13.3–10:28.3 (15.0 s) · shot 2956
A man and woman sitting and eating breakfast together at a dining table
10:28.3–11:01.6 (33.3 s) · shot 2957
A factory worker operating machinery in an industrial processing plant
11:01.6–11:08.6 (7.0 s) · shot 2958
A suburban house exterior and a vintage car driving past on the street
11:08.6–11:15.5 (6.9 s) · shot 2959
Factory worker operating a large industrial stamping machine.
11:15.5–11:18.4 (2.9 s) · shot 2960
Line of workers assembling large white appliances in a factory.
11:18.4–11:21.1 (2.7 s) · shot 2961
Interior of a large bank with high columns and teller windows.
11:21.1–11:24.9 (3.8 s) · shot 2962
Customers standing at service counters inside a large bank.
11:24.9–11:28.1 (3.3 s) · shot 2963
Bank teller working behind the glass window with an adding machine.
11:28.1–11:31.5 (3.3 s) · shot 2964
Transition from a bank interior to surveyors working in a field.
11:31.5–11:34.8 (3.3 s) · shot 2965
Dump truck unloading a pile of bricks on a construction site.
11:34.8–11:37.6 (2.7 s) · shot 2966
Workers on scaffolding constructing a large industrial building.
11:37.6–11:40.7 (3.2 s) · shot 2967
Cars driving past a commercial building under construction.
11:40.7–11:43.1 (2.3 s) · shot 2968
Construction cranes operating next to an industrial building.
11:43.1–11:45.8 (2.7 s) · shot 2969
Exterior view of an industrial facility, then a man drinking coffee.
11:45.8–11:50.8 (5.0 s) · shot 2970
Man sitting in a kitchen drinking from a small white cup.
11:50.8–11:55.0 (4.3 s) · shot 2971
Man drinking coffee at a kitchen table with a woman nearby.
11:55.0–11:57.8 (2.8 s) · shot 2972
Woman serving a cup of coffee to a man at a table.
11:57.8–12:28.3 (30.5 s) · shot 2973
Man drinking coffee while a woman reads at the table.
12:28.3–12:30.3 (2.0 s) · shot 2974
Transition from a kitchen scene to a factory worker at a machine.
12:30.3–12:32.9 (2.6 s) · shot 2975
Factory workers operating large metal stamping machinery.
12:32.9–12:40.7 (7.8 s) · shot 2976
Line of workers assembling large white tubs in a factory.
12:40.7–12:43.3 (2.7 s) · shot 2977
Workers in a manufacturing plant operating heavy machinery.
12:43.3–12:52.1 (8.8 s) · shot 2978
Close-up of hands turning a heavy metal wheel on machinery.
12:52.1–12:54.5 (2.3 s) · shot 2979
Machinist working on a lathe with sparks flying off the metal.
12:54.5–12:56.5 (2.0 s) · shot 2980
Transition from a machinist at work to a farmer walking in wheat.
12:56.5–13:03.6 (7.1 s) · shot 2981
Farmer walking through a wheat field inspecting the crops.
13:03.6–13:05.9 (2.2 s) · shot 2982
Combine harvester operating in a vast wheat field during harvest.
13:05.9–13:10.3 (4.4 s) · shot 2983
Combine harvesting wheat in a vast field under a partly cloudy sky.
13:10.3–13:13.4 (3.1 s) · shot 2984
POV from a moving combine harvester moving through a wheat field.
13:13.4–13:17.3 (3.9 s) · shot 2985
POV moving through a wheat field with double combine reels.
13:17.3–13:20.5 (3.3 s) · shot 2986
The United States Capitol building with trees and lawn in Washington, D.C.
13:20.5–13:25.1 (4.6 s) · shot 2987
Statue of Abraham Lincoln seated in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
13:25.1–13:36.8 (11.7 s) · shot 2988
Workers operating machinery in an industrial manufacturing plant.
13:36.8–13:41.6 (4.8 s) · shot 2989
Workers in an industrial factory assembling parts near metal equipment.
13:41.6–13:43.9 (2.2 s) · shot 2990
Worker operating machinery on an active industrial assembly line.
13:43.9–13:49.4 (5.5 s) · shot 2991
Combine harvesting wheat in a rural field near industrial facilities.
13:49.4–13:54.2 (4.9 s) · shot 2992
Workers operating textile sewing machines in a large factory floor.
13:54.2–13:58.5 (4.3 s) · shot 2993
Rolling green hills and rural landscape with a factory in the distance.
13:58.5–14:04.9 (6.4 s) · shot 2994
Man shouting on a megaphone outdoors near wooden barrels and trucks.
14:04.9–14:13.1 (8.2 s) · shot 2995
Workers in a manufacturing plant and a large crowd outside.
14:13.1–14:19.8 (6.7 s) · shot 2996
Crowd of people walking on a city street with cars driving.
14:19.8–14:23.0 (3.3 s) · shot 2997
Rotating globe showing North and South America with text overlay.
14:23.0–14:53.5 (30.5 s) · shot 2998 · animation

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