White Ammunition
White Ammunition is a short film from ca. 1942 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Awesome. Beautifully shot and skillfully edited. Footage of every facet of milk you can imagine, including shots of the rotolactor!
17:14:37:21 VS 1942 army airplanes flying in V formation.
17:14:50:07 VS WWII battleships.
17:15:02:01 US Army WWII tanks roll through forest knocking down trees along their way; POV shot from tank running over trees.
17:15:17:03 VS men building WWII battleship.
17:15:50:16 Large Navy ships inaugural cast off.
17:16:04:17 VS in warehouse producing army airplanes; VS men with power drills at work; man welding; airplane engine crane into place on wing of plane.
17:16:48:21 Men push army tank down assembly line; VS army tanks pulling out of factory.
17:17:07:08 Men working in ammunition factory, producing bomb shells; men pushing carts of bomb shells.
17:17:40:08 Car tires slide down ramp onto conveyor line.
17:18:07:26 Women working on gas mask assembly line.
17:18:22:19 VS CU disembodied hand pours from glass jar and carton glass of milk.
17:18:56:06 Row of boys about five years old dive into their pool lanes in a swimming race; VS children swimming and playing in water.
17:19:09:12 Great shot of 1940s boys and girls racing toward moving camera on rolling skates.
17:19:16:16 Preteen football game with kids in pads and uniform; boy kicks field goal.
17:19:21:10 Cute little girl with curly locks drinks glass of milk; CU baby in booster chair sucks on bottle; MS boy about six drinks glass of milk, camera pan to man at breakfast table wearing a suit drinks glass of milk.
17:19:42:14 CU Newspaper headline in New York World-Telegram �U.S. Planes Sink Jap Vessel, Hit Cruiser�
17:20:13:20 Milk bar in shape of expressionistic cow in department store; four women drink from milk boxes at milk bar counter; man in white uniform serves milk to women at a Borden�s milk bar; CU neon Milk Bar sign; Gateway Milk Bar & Soda Fountain sign on store window, camera pans up RCA building; VS New York City skyscrapers.
17:21:50:27 VS individual cows: Guernsey Cow, Holstein Cow, Brown Swiss cow, Jersey Cow.
17:25:09:18 Dairy farmer hooks up milking mechanism to cow�s teats; CU tubes attached to cows teats milking cow.
17:25:43:18 Dairy cows in merry go round milking automated milking system; cows on conveyor line hooked up to milking mechanism.
17:26:00:08 Man sprays down cow�s udder with hose; high-angle cows on conveyor line; men hook up milking device to cow�s teats; milk is pumped into glass containers.
17:27:30:17 CU sign �All Loads of Milk Cans Must Be Covered With Clean Canvas�
17:27:36:01 Man loads milk cans onto conveyor line; men inspect milk cans; machine places lids on milk cans; cars wait outside of dairy to pick up milk.
17:28:23:18 VS dairy chemists takes milk sample, VS chemists running tests on milk samples in test tubes.
17:30:14:20 Bottling plant washing machine cleans milk jugs; VS empty glass milk bottles on conveyer, jugs filled with milk; audio track �Like an army of glass soldiers they march up at the rate of 120 every minute�each machine will receive their quota of white ammunition. Powerful defender in the constant fight for better health.� Caps are placed on Borden�s milk bottles moving along on conveyor line; bottling plant worker�s inspect bottles. Larger glass bottles are filled with milk; men places bottles in boxes at end of conveyor.
17:32:18:25 MS scientist wearing white lab coat looks into microscope; VS scientists running tests in laboratory.
17:32:43:25 Completely automated machine makes Borden�s milk cartons. VS paper milk cartons on conveyor line in factory; Women in white nurse-like uniforms load milk cartons into larger boxes; VS milk cartons being filled with milk.
17:34:33:00 Machine manufacturing long strips of flake ice.
17:34:55:10 VS Borden�s milk delivery trucks pulling out of bottling plant and making deliveries in suburban and urban neighborhoods.
17:35:50:22 VS CU milkman drops off various quantities milk in bottles at doorstep; milkman drops off bottles of milk in bottle boxes at front door; CU top of bottle box �M�F�D for Borden�s By Industrial Home for the Blind Brooklyn, N.Y.�
17:36:36:28 Advertisement on side of Borden�s milk truck shows man pointing to white milk bottle and caption �At the better stores it�s Borden�s Milk�; VS man makes commercial milk deliveries to stores.
17:37:32:17 VS WWII stock footage: battleships at sea; army soldiers marching with rifles; soldiers eating in mess hall; soldiers shooting at planes; fighter planes dive bombing.| White Ammunition | |
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| Produced by | Blake (B.K.) Inc. |
Production company | Blake (B.K.) Inc. |
| Distributed by | Blake (B.K.) Inc. |
Release date | ca. 1942 |
Running time | 24:06 |
| Language | English |
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