The Greater Goal: Human Dividends from American Industry (1953)

★★★★★ · Interesting that textiles are only "woven"--what about knits and "extruded" manmades? · Cartoonbear · 2026-03-03

OK, maybe at this point in time, polyester wasn't a thing. But mass produced knit (jersey) surely was! I know it wasn't the powerhouse of fabrics that it is today (and god love a world minus fleece, in terms of extruded) but there were knits! Otherwise a fascinating "how it's made" view of the textile (pronounced "textil" according to this) industry at the time. I am a sucker for assembly line/factory/how it's made stuff. I think Sesame Street did that to me. A couple interesting trivias: 1) The Cone sisters, who were famous early collectors of Impressionist art (and friends with Gertrude…

★★★★ · The (before unknown) connecttions between Chicken and fabric · Spuzz · 2003-07-22

As I watched this film, it slowly dawned on me why this film was made. I imgaine it was made for towns wary of a textile plant coming in. After going on about how textiles (that's pronounced Tex-tills people!) is used in our everyday lives, we are treated to an EXCELLENT overview of how thread and fabric are made, from cotton piles to the finished product. This is one of the more entertaining 'assembly line' sequences I have ever seen. After that, it suddenly veers off into an unexpected territory about the benefits the textile factory brings to the town. Schools! Dances! Barbecue Chicken!…