Business screen magazine (1958)

ucre lowered and carried by jeep to a central spot in the mine. From this center, the equipment again was "jeeped" to various positions marked for filming. Once it was set in place, electricians went to work with extensions, hookups iind placement of flood lamps. Two Hours Between Scenes Small areas of the mine and haulageways were flooded with 600 amps of light . . . using lamps of 500, 5.000 and 10,000 watts, placed strategically, to get the intensity of lighting needed for color photography. All of the equipment had to be re-positioned between scenes; sometimes it took as long as two hours to move it. For the final scene at Grand Saline, the blasting of a face in the mine, camera and lighting equipment had to be anchored to the mine floor. At Port Huron, where scenes of the plant, the process and the can making and packaging line were filmed, still another lighting problem had to be solved. Again, one of Wilding's big trailers, loaded with electrical equipment, went to the filming site. Before the production crew arrived. Morion's iiiasler mechanic at Port Huron had requisitioned three 25 KVA transformers from Detroit, to provide 1 10-volt electricity. As the cameramen moved about the plant, the transformers were hooked into a 440-volt bussbar at each location. To round out the movie-making schedule, a trip was made to the Morton Research Laboratory in Woodstock. Illinois. Here cameras captured the work of laboratory technicians in their research experiments on salt. Another subject was the pilot plant for the electrolysis of brine, where salt is broken down into its two elements (sodium and chlorine) from which another 21 chemicals can be derived. Final Filming in Chicago Final filming was done in Wilding's Chicago studios. Here many props were needed for staging. Clothing, textile bleaches and dyestuffs, medicines, cosmetics, nylons, leather, plastics, newspapers, matches, ceramic glazes, tobacco, and photo supplies — these were but a few of the props needed to introduce into the film the uses of salt for industrial purposes. Ijf' Camera contrast: hrilliaiu .\iinliglii fioods Morion's Saluiir plant A Chance for the Handicapped Sponsor: Hughes Aircraft Co.. for The President's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped. Title: Employees Only. 20 min.. color, produced by La Brea Productions, Inc. i< This public service film is going to receive as wide distribution as almost any special purpose film j ever made, and deservedly so. Its point is that handicapped workers make as good or better employees as the unhandicapped, when placed in jobs that take their disabilities into account. The picture shows how many dift'erent jobs the paraplegic, the blind, and even the spastic workers can do. And these employees have better attendance records and are better insurance risks than nor A valuable research worker ai Hughes Aircraft is Melvin Dali: w/ieekhair). A polio victim, lie spends niglxts in a respirator. mal workers. Employment is good for their morale, for the company employing them, and for the economy in general, because it restores them as productive members of society. Scenes are all taken in and around the Hughes Aircraft Company plant in Culver City. California, which has been one of the leaders in making a place for the handicapped, both as a service to the worker and as a simple matter of good business. The film is introduced by Gen. Melvin J. Moss, who is blind, and is chairman of The President's Committee for Employment of the Handicapped. The narration is handled by movie and tv star Bob Cummings. Many Industries to Benefit Employees Only will be distributed by many agencies and companies. The Eisenhower Committee will spark its use, as wiU the U.S. Department of Health. Education and Welfare. Insurance companies and tv stations are expected to make good use of it as well, and all segments of industry will benefit from its message. 9" 'Gold Mine on Main Street' Slious C.unimunities How to Recruit New Industry i^ Competition between communities for new and virile industries has never been keener than it is today. Why is new industry so important to a community's economic well-being? According to a recent report by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, one new factory employing 100 workers can mean 296 more people in the community. 112 more households. $590,000 more personal income per year. $270,000 more bank deposits, 107 more passenger cars, four more retail establishments— and $360,000 more retail sales per year. Program Must Be Planned Time was when local chambers of commerce and other organizations with community-buOding interests went after new industries on a somewhat hit-or-miss basis. This era has passed. The communities — and states — which knock ofT the prize industrial plums today are those which follow a planned program of industrial development. Designed specifically to aid local developers is a new 26-minute sound-color documentary motion picture. Gold Mine on Main Street. produced by International Sound FUms. Inc.. specialists in industrial and area development motion pictures. Gold Mine was premiered during the 1958 annual meeting of the American Industrial Development Council. During the first two months after release, prints had been shipped to every state, plus Hawaii and Canada, and to many public utflities, railroads and industrial development corporations throughout the country, according to George M. Kirkland, president of International Sound Films. This indicates, Mr. Kirkland feels, that the film answers an important need in the industrial development field. Films emphasizing the industrial (continued on next page) More than 400 persons saw "Gold Mine" film at recent premiere. NUMBER 6 VOLUME 19 19 5 8