Boeing Company 50Th Anniversary Film "The Little Factory at Edge of Town" 727 Jetliner 32995 / 32994 (1966)

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This film from the Boeing Company, “The Little Factory at the Edge of Town”, celebrates the aerospace giant's 50th Anniversary in 1966. Begun in 1916, Boeing is an American multinational company and is made up of talented professional international workforce. Opening montage of historical B&W photos. 0:37 Title Screen. 1:00 Boeing Model 1 seaplane takes off. 2:06 1960s managers. 3:03 Engineers test and study airplane production process. 3:50 Boeing makes everything including rivets, spars, and wiring. Woman oversees wire strands. 4:17 Engineer installs instrumentation into a cockpit. Window panel is cleaned. 4:32 Missile components aligned 5:00 Minutemen Missiles 5:14 Underwater test facility for astronauts. 5:30 Helicopter cargo bay door opens. Helicopters made for military and public markets include Chinooks and Vertol 107’s. 5:40 Pennsylvania facility sends product to Canada and Asia. 6:00 Boeing builds planes to fly fast and helicopters to fly slow. 6:06 They make “Strange boats to fly over the water” -- hydrofoils ‘float’ over water to reduce drag. 6:22 Engineers study moonscapes 6:45 Team oversees large Saturn V rocket stages for NASA’s Apollo program. Engineers view Saturn launch from afar. 7:33 Factories run from Seattle to Wichita. In Washington State, manufacturing facilities are in Seattle, Auburn, Everett and Renton. 7:54 Cargo trucks move large materials. 8:15 "Boeing men" are interested in anything that moves men, machines or materials. 8:35 Wind-tunnels test…

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27 minutes

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Ephemeral Films

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