Community Development with Gunnison Homes
Community Development with Gunnison Homes is a short film from ca. 1950s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Gunnison Homes was a subsidiary of US Steel. Warehouse where prefabricated house parts are built. Great shots of tract housing suburban development.
06:01:44:08 VS pouring concrete foundation for house on property lot; large clock in front of house foundation, clocks reads 8:00. House progressively built; clock progresses. Gunnison home erected; clock in front of house reads 10:00; finishing roof, clock reads 10:40.
06:04:41:20 VS plywood moves down conveyor line; workers inspect and touch up plywood; plywood passes through table saws; wood is sized and sanded.
06:07:27:21 VS workers in factory building doors for prefabricated homes.
06:07:43:02 CU man hammering nail into trim of wood door; wedding band on finger holding wood.
06:08:34:21 Checking hinges on door built in factory; door lying on table is shut, worker inserts and leaves key into door lock.
06:10:24:02 Gunnison home truck pulls out of factory with prefabricated pieces for Gunnison Home.
06:10:52:26 Man surveying land on construction site for Gunnison Home.
06:11:21:25 VS large tractor-like machine with chainsaw digging tool cutting into ground of construction site.
06:12:43:11 VS construction workers building foundation for house in one lot of large tract housing development.
06:13:45:10 VS construction workers assembling house like puzzle from prefabricated pieces.
06:16:36:13 Great pan of construction site at end of long strip of suburban tract housing sprawl; construction workers adding to long line of identical houses.
06:16:51:08 VS suburban tract house community; house variation in color but not form. Narration: modern design, volume buying, mass production, efficient distribution, simplified erection procedures, coupled with joint planning by the company with its dealers for community development with Gunnison Homes.
06:17:58:10 Zoom in red white and blue logo for Gunnison Homes and USS (United States Steel).
06:19:52:22 VS shiny silver metal USS (United States Steel) water tower.
06:21:34:02 VS wood being processed in factory; cutting wood into small pieces, placing in stacks; assembling wood into wall frames.
06:23:19:07 Inserting wall frame with insulation.
06:24:05:19 CU wood board passing beneath automated machine with four automatic drills; drilling into wood.
06:26:48:29 Worker in factory lifts sign This is a Gunnison Home lot of home for a little money.| Community Development with Gunnison Homes | |
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| Produced by | Vogue Pictures |
Production company | Vogue Pictures |
| Distributed by | Vogue Pictures |
Release date | ca. 1950s |
| Language | English |
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