1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1926)
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INDUSTRY AND ENGINEERING
"1000 and One"
GROUP 65 ELECTRICITY General
** The Amber Sou! (1) Manufacture of storage batteries. (14, 149)
***Back of the Button (1) Visualizing the tremendous power at work bthind the little electric button. (XXX, 127)
■***Behind the Signs on Broadway ( y2 ) Shows how the largest electric sign in the world is operated. (22) ***Benjamin Franklin's Return (1 and 2 reels) Electricity and its varied usefulness in our everyday lives; story of conversion of coal into electrical energy. (127)
Big Deeds (1) Pouring largest casting ever made in G. E. foundry; constructing largest armored cable in world supplying electric power to Shanghai; making of enormous porcelain insulator; largest one-man shovel on earth; melting steel with water. Spectacular. (X) ***Bringers of Light (1) Manufacture of Mazda lamps. (73) ** The Conductor (1) Making of lamp cord from copper, cotton, rubber and silk. (X) ***The Death Ray (2) H. Grindell Mathews' invention; some of the machinery he uses to cast the powerful beam said to be capable of destruction at great distance. (XV)
Electricity (4) How it is generated and controlled; its application to our varied daily needs. (28)
The Glow of the Lamp (1) Complete detailed study of electric lighting.
(X)
***Light of a Race (1) Principal steps in development of artificial illumination from earliest beginnings to the incandescent lamp. (X) The Story of an Electric Meter (3) Title tells it. (142) Story of a Storage Battery (2) Its various uses, and how it is manufactured.
(142)
Westinghouse Works (2) A trip through the various factories. Electrical products are shown in process of manufacture. (XXIX) ***Yours to Command (1) Visualizing services of electricity — power and light as used by industries, commerce and in the home. (XXX, 127)
(See also Groups 68, 70, 79, 82, 96, 131)
ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENTS GROUP 66 Engineering Achievements
Famous Inventions of New England (1) Graphic portrayal of America's famous inventions. (XXX) Letting Dynamite Do it (1) Many uses of dynamite — in various parts of the country. Its use in construction of Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial.
(XXX, 46)
Dynamite at Work (1) Varied uses of dynamite in industrial development.
(46>
National Parks and East River Tunnels (1) Contrast between the vorks of nature and the mechanical achievements of today. (I, 23, 69, 156)
Construction of Subway Tubes (%) New York's subway tubes beneath Harlem River. (22)
How Brooklyn Bridge was Built (y2) Various stages followed by means of animated drawings and photography. (22)
The Bridges of New York (1) Self-explanatory. (151)
Swapping Foundations under Skyscrapers (1/4) Underpinning operations necessitated by building of the Seventh Avenue Subway, New York City. (22)
Building a Skyscraper (2) The remarkable growth of a 32-story skj-scraper, giving details of construction. (XXX)
Cathedrals (1) Cathedral of St. John the Divine and others. (XXX)
A Miracle in Modern City Building (2) Longview, Washington — a city entirely planned in advance and scientifically built — which in 2% years grew from nothing to over 10,000 people. (85)
From^ Swamps to Workshops (2) Story of building of Western Electric's new cable and switchboard manufacturing works at Kearny, N. J. (154)
From Caves to Skyscrapers (2) The development of man's habitations and places of worship. (XVI)
The Conquest of a Wilderness (3) Showing scenes before and after the construction of the big steel plant and city (Gary, Ind.) by the United States Steel Corporation. (14 8)
***Spending Six Hundred Million a Day (1) New York's water supply. Its source and uses. (4 9, 151)
A Big City's Water Supply (Vi) Ashokan Dam in Catskills, part of New York City's water supply system, and how it operates. (22)