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

★★★ · Ahoy, America · Dodsworth the Cat · 2025-01-16

Some segments have been chopped out of this edition of Industry on Parade (which should run about 13 minutes) so we're left with two profiles involving the waterfront. Radcliffe Hall gives the tale of a cargo company. Bob Wilson follows with a story on tugs in New York harbour. The latter shows the slick editing and excellent shots the series was known for. There are exteriors at various angles and a variety of close-ups inside a tug. Peter Roberts follows with a capitalist propaganda PSA which tells Americans they need to work harder so their standard of living becomes better.…

★★ · Or, as the title cards say, "Outgoing Cargo!" · Spuzz · 2003-11-05

Pretty blah "News On Parade" film telling us about cargo ships being loaded and a tugboat company. Very Pro-American slant to it, because of course, America is the best country in the world. The ending is a bit curious though, as it's a bit of a "we intterupt this film" message to tell us.. um what? we should increase our productivity? What is the average american supposed to do then? Consume more, I guess?