1000 and One--the Blue Book of Non-Theatrical Films (1927)
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62 INDUSTRY AND ENGINEERING "1000 and One"
GROUP 74 NATURAL PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES Quarrying
Modern Quarry Blasting (1) Scientific methods of laying out holes, drilling
and blasting at several large quarries. (XXX) Dynamite in Quarry Work (1) Self-explanatory. (46) Granite Block Paving (1) From quarry to pavement. (144) Marble Fields of Carrara (%) Mining in one of the famous marble quarries of
Italy. (22) The Marble Industry (1) New Hampshire quarries. All processes shown.
Scenery of surrounding country. (28) Vermont Marble (^4) Methods of obtaining the stone and its shipment.
(XX)
***A Sculptor's Paradise (1) Quarrying Carrara marble and noted buildings constructed from it in Rome, Venice, Pisa, Versailles and the Hague. (IX) Quarrying and Shaping Slate (2) Self-explanatory. (XXX) Mineral Aggregates (1) Handling of sand and gravel from pit to finished product. (131)
(See also Group 80)
MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES
GROUP 75 Building Materials
All the Way with Wallpaper (1) The title tells it. (XXX) The Background (1) Manufacture and application of wall covering. (XXX) ** The New England Home (1) Manufacture of fire-proof shingles. (102) Brick — From Clay to Pavement (1) Self-explanatory. (144) The Manufacture and Use of Face Brick (2) The title tells it. (XXX) White Magic (2) The story of Dutch Boy White Lead. (XXX) When White Paint is White (1) The preparation of zinc oxide from the mine to save the surface. (XXX) The Day of the Modern Way (1) Modern, improved methods of painting buildings and large stationary surfaces; varnishing or finishing manufactured articles. m (XXX)
***The Story of Portland Cement (1) How it is manufactured. Advantages of cement construction as in the Panama Canal. (XXX, 83, 142)
Cementing the Centuries (2) The story of Alpha cement. (XXX) A Concrete Example (2) Featuring big building construction, as exemplified in largest concrete structure on Manhattan Island. (154) Hollow Building Tile (1) Its uses, qualities and methods of manufacturing.
(XXX)
Terra Cotta (1) Processes in its manufacture; the erection of a skyscraper. (XXX) ***From Mine to Wall (2) How permanent fire-proof walls are built from mineral, showing mining, manufacturing and use of gypsum. (XXX)
(See also Groups 80, 129)
GROUP 76 Clothing, Textiles and Leather
***Civilization's Fabric (2) Cotton, from field to mill; spinning and weaving.
(39)
Fluff to Stuff (1) The cotton industries from field to loom. (151) Thirsty Cotton (2) Scientific analysis of the effect of humid air on the
manufacture of cotton. (Ill) Lace (1) Views of unusual laces; some historic pieces. (XX) Threads of Romance (1) An exceptionally interesting picturization of the
manufacture of lace. (127, 149)
Lace Making in France (%) In the world's lace-making center, Le Puy.
(23)
** Romance of Cloth (1) Picking, ginning and shipping cotton; weaving process of cotton; making of wool into cloth. (102) ***A Woolen Yarn (1) Shearing, carding, spinning and weaving. (X) Wool (1) From fleece to finished cloth. (151) From Cocoon to Spool (1) Life history of the silk worm; processes involved in manufacture of silk into thread. (XXX) Silk Manufacturing (1) From the cocoon to ribbon. (37) From Mill to Millions (1) Shows how silk is used for making stockings; the raising of silkworms in Japan. (127, 149)
Full-Fashioned Knitting Machine in Action (2) Operation of knitting machine making full-fashioned hosiery. Slow motion and! mechanographs give details of knitting process. (21) Irish Cloth (*/i) How the famous linen and other Irish cloth is made; scenes about the mills. . (XX)