Industry on Parade: Outgoing Cargo, Workhorses of the Harbor, Refresher Course

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Outgoing Cargo!
Moore-McCormack Lines at the Brooklyn, N.Y. waterfront.
freight containerization

Workhorses of the Harbor!
Lloyd and F. Briggs Dalzell, Dalzell Towing Company, tugboat operator in New York Harbor.

A Message From Industry To You…

19:33:14:28 Nice opening credits shot pans over construction site with scaffolding over building and “Industry on Parade” superimposed over the shot.

19:33:24:21 Credit shot of businessmen in suits touring factory with many large gears and “In Business and Industry” superimposed over shot.

19:33:42:24 Great pan over elevated strip of highway, with 1930s and 1940s style cars, in New York City waterfront district over to Hudson River Pier of the Moore-McCormack Lines.

19:33:56:03 1940s J.M. Huber Printing Inks cargo truck backing into warehouse dock.

19:34:07:01 VS forklifts lifting from docks into warehouse; workers moving cargo into steel cargo van; cargo vans lift with forklift and moved to dock where cargo is craned into ship.

19:37:33:20 Great shot of 1930s or 1940s NYC skyline as seen from the Atlantic Ocean.

19:37:47:16 Great shot of tugboat just off the coast of downtown NYC. Chrysler building visible.

19:38:14:09 CU hand writes with pencil on chart “Daily Report of Tugs”

19:38:17:04 Great shot following tug boat in Atlantic Ocean passing in front of the Statue of Liberty.

19:39:37:07 Two scientists in lab coats working in laboratory mixing liquids in beakers.

19:39:49:09 1940s or 1950s family of six huddled around the television set.

19:39:56:09 Housewife in kitchen wearing an apron takes a steak out of the oven, plates it, then delivers it to her smiling husband waiting with napkin tucked in shirt, fork and knife in hands.

19:40:05:11 Nice end credits. CU shot of gear on plain background with text “The National Association of Manufacturers” and “The End” superimposed over the gear. industry-on-parade-outgoing-cargo-workhorses-of-the-harbor-refresher-course