Progress Parade
Progress Parade is a short film from ca. 1960 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Animated radio waves dissolving into main title: Progress Parade (good)
Title: Fishing on Dry Land Pan around desert landscape to oil rig, pan up drilling rig CU drill shaft rotating, then hanging up and stopping Animation of drill pipe broken off next to drill pit, deeply underground VS oil workers VS hoisting up 10,000 feet of drill pipe, disconnecting it VS men driving up to work site in 1950s cars VS the fisherman in action Roughnecks attaching fishing tool to drill pipe, lowering it into hole MS fisherman feeling his way into hole 2 miles deep Animation of fishing tool grasping onto lost bit MS fish caught, drill revealed, everyone congratulates him and smiles
Title: Baby Demands Comfort CU baby in bassinet crying CU mother picking up baby in her arms, holding infant CU bottle of Citadel Baby Oil CU mother rubbing baby oil all over child Pan from beaker marked CRUDE to one marked BABY OIL LS refinery VS huge refineries and equipment Mother puts baby back in bassinet
Title: Bottle of Magic CU liquid boiling on ice, producing a burning gas (LP Gas) CU frying pan with 2 eggs cooking CU woman s hand washing dishes in sink Many chickens in chicken house clustering around gas burner Man operating forklift in warehouse Man operating metal heat-treatment machine VS railroad switches in the show VS restaurant kitchen, chef cooking steak Oil delivery man delivering LP gas to a home from his truck into home gas tank Little boy looks on
Title: Wearing Two Hats MS gas station man opening hood LS service at Citadel service station MS two men scanning skies with binoculars (civil defense workers) Man in hat and suit walking into Board of Education conference room Men looking at renderings of new buildings Two people in sportscar convertible (Europeans) being served by service station man
Title: Lifeline to Our Oyster CU hands holding sick oysters Oblique shot of oil derrick (good) Looking up oil derrick (good) Oil industry inaugurates research program to see whether oil is hurting oyster Inside oyster lab at Louisiana State University Small tanks with oysters Hands pouring blanket of crude oil out of beaker onto oyster tank Water jetting through oil into tank Pouring oily dirt into water Underwater explosion near oyster beds (good) Narrator explains that oysters showed no ill effects from oil THIS IS AN OUTRAGEOUS SEQUENCE
They never had it so good!
VS staining microscope slides A species of fungus turns out to be the real villain Levees and natural changes, plus climatic changes, are affecting the balance of fresh and salt water in oyster bedding grounds not oil
Why, you may ask, why, were the results of $2 million worth of research given to the oyster industry? It s because oil companies believe that maintaining good neighbors is just good business as long as business and industry are free to lend a helping hand to each other, then everyone benefits.End title: radio waves dissolve into THE END title.
| Progress Parade | |
|---|---|
| Produced by | Unknown |
Production company | Unknown |
| Distributed by | Unknown |
Release date | ca. 1960 |
Running time | 13:15 |
| Language | English |
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