Series:Industry on Parade

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Industry on Parade was a short television program that aired in the United States from 1950–1960. It was produced by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM).

The Industry on Parade Film Collection, 1950-1960, was created by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) from 1950-1960. In 1950, Johnny Johnstone, NAM's radio and television director, developed the idea for a television program highlighting American manufacturing and business. Working with Frank McCall, an NBC News Department Manager, Johnstone created and presented a sample reel to NAM's board of directors. Based on this sample, the board supported and financed the production and distribution of an NAM-sponsored series, intended

... to show the marvels of American industrial technology in operation and show how the industrial process results in higher living standards, to show new developments in the fields of science, invention, and research, particularly as they contribute to health, welfare, and national defense, to show the integral part that industry plays in the civic, religious, and social life of American communities as well as the economic, to show people who work in industry and the attention industry pays to their well-being, and to show some of the difficult problems that have been faced and solved by American industry. (From: Industry on Parade Fact Sheet, October 15, 1955)

The series, titled Industry on Parade, was first broadcast during the week of October 15, 1950.

The series promotes capitalist industrial production and typically ends with an anticommunist message. The success of Industry on Parade provoked the AFL–CIO to demand its own "public service" time on television, which they obtained and used to broadcast Americans at Work (1958–1961).

The show generally depicts and promotes women in the workforce.

Installments

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Episode No	Date	Subjects Include	Link
Ep. 2	1950	Half Century of Service! General Electric laboratory and research. General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY. Printing Trades Show Stuff! The Sixth International Graphics Arts Exposition. International Amphitheater, Chicago, IL. Boats Pressed While U Wait! Manufacturing fiberglass and plastic boats (molding). Sidewalk Supers Move Indoors! Open house at Westinghouse Plant showing manufacturing of parts. The Caddie's Delight! A golf club with an interchangeable head. Miami, FL.
Ep. 3	1950	Exploring Underground! Oil prospecting in Canada. Standard Oil of New Jersey. Europe Views U.S. Products! Marshall Plan. Viewing American products in Turin, Italy. A Man's World? Uh-uh! Women in industry (manufacturing company). Shooting for Safety! Safe operation of a gun; safe hunting habits. Bridgeport, CT. Need Dough? See Herman! Herman Seiden's company prints stage money for use in theaters. Minerva Printing Corp., New York, NY.
Ep. 5	1950	Haul on High! Transporting goods and cargo by air. New air freight industry. Riding the Lionel Line! Manufacturing Lionel model trains. Hillside, NJ. Fairest Customer's Man On Wall Street! Woman stock broker. Dreyfus and Co., New York, NY. Oldest Pharmacy Going Strong! Colonial apothecary. Williamsburg, VA. Thousands Jam Business Show! Innovations in office equipment and machinery. (box 1)
Ep. 6	1950 November 16	Glass Home for U.N.! Manufacturing glass for the U.N. building. Libbey Owens-Ford, Toledo, OH. Community Cooperative! Business Industries Education Day. Teachers visit metal manufacturer. Lyon Metal Products, Co., Aurora, IL. School of the Jeep! Training U.N. peace keeping forces in Jeep repair and maintenance. Willys-Overland Plant, Toledo, OH. The Tools of Surgery! Manufacturing surgical tools. House of Pilling, Philadelphia, PA. RX for Delinquency: Pretzel-Bending! Police officers making pretzels to combat delinquency. Canton, OH. (box 1)
Ep. 7	1950 November 21	Growing with the Nation! How the steel industry produces steel. New Breaks for Old Timers! New jobs for old employees. Old Timers Department, Douglas Aircraft Corporation, Santa Monica, CA. The Museum That Lives! The Living History Museum. Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA. Luxury Liner Nears Completion! Building the U.S. Liner Independence. Ship-building plant, Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, MA. Leave it to the Kids! A playground for kids. Minneapolis, MN. (box 1)
Ep. 8	1950 November 28	Westward America! American population and industries move west on Union Pacific Railroad; shipping livestock. CA. Mechanical Male Digs Coal! Manufacturing a mechanical coal digging machine. Joy Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh, PA. Barnes and Tucker Coal Co., Bakerton, PA.. Partners with Nature! How industry is working with nature to improve the environment; disposing of waste water in a forest. Irrigation. Frozen food processing. Seabrook Farms, Bridgeton, NJ. Inventing for the Invalid! Inventor H. J. Rand and his motorized wheelchair. Bendix clothes washer. Disabled Veterans. Drawing Board to Backboard! Manufacturing basketballs. Harlem Globetrotters featured. Spaulding Company, Chicopee, MA. (box 1)
Ep. 9	1950 December 5	The Wonder Child of Show Business! Behind the scenes at TV filming. New York, NY. Texas Hat Harvest! Harry Rolnick develops new industry in the South with his hat factory. Resistol Hat Factory, Dallas, TX. The Blind Adventure! Telephone answering service started by a blind man. Stamford, CT. Making Business for the Mint! Annual convention of vending machine operators. Chicago, IL.
Ep. 10	1950 December 12	Pipeline to the Big Town! Pipeline of natural gas from Rio Grande, TX to New York, NY. Saw Maker for the World! Manufacturing saws. E.C. Atkins Co., Indianapolis, IN. Factory Afloat! Catching and processing fish off the coast of Newfoundland. Kitchen Kibitzers! Manufacturing kitchen utensils. Ekco Products Co., Chicago, IL. Railroad in Style! California Zephyr luxury train. From Chicago, IL to San Francisco, CA.

See Also

• https://digital.hagley.org/islandora/search/%22Industry%20on%20parade%22?type=dismax
• https://sova.si.edu/record/NMAH.AC.0507
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industry_on_Parade