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Deals with the production and application of sheet steel. Illustrates the importance of products made from steel sheets, and its use by architects, gardeners, builders, contractors, farmers, and housewives. Includes sequences showing the processing of hot-rolled, cold-reduced and galvanized sheets as well as the manufacture of containers and automotive parts." From Library of Congress National Union Catalog, 1953-1962 - Motion Pictures and Filmstrips. Footage includes: exteriors in NYC, drama…
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★★★ · Stuff Made of Steel · Dodsworth the Cat · 2024-03-16
It's funny to see some people turn up in industrial films. This one is a good example (even though 2/3rds of it is missing. Hiding under a long wig as a Puritan at 2:30 is none other than Bill Schallert, several years before his role on The Patty Duke Show. Before that, I'm pretty sure the TV director is played by Dave Willock. The summary from Business Screen magazine about the film: Second major release [by Bethlehem Steel] in 1959 is Pageant of Steel, a 28-minute exposition on sheet steel. So versatile was this subject that scriptwriter Howard Stiles conceived a fictional…