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Industry on Parade: Plastic Age Anniversary

8 min 27 sec/95 shots

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Industry on Parade: Plastic Age Anniversary surveys plastics’ expanding role in American industry and everyday life. It shows factories producing durable household goods, miniature ships, planes, and tanks for military training, then follows plastic being extruded into fiber and woven into textile material. The film links specialized industrial cooperation and manufacturing productivity to national defense and economic strength.

Provenance and rights

Original producer: National Association of Manufacturers
Collection: Prelinger Archives
Original title: Industry on Parade: Plastic Age Anniversary
Original link: Open on Internet Archive
Rights: public_domain

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