Synopsis
Surveys the growth of the plastic industry, stressing the new materials developed during World War II. Shows the manufacture and fabrication of articles from plastic materials. This was the first film released by Young America Films (January, 1945).
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Details
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- Plastics_2
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · rights · Diana Matias · 2019-06-07
SIC - Portuguese Television – will broadcast in our prime-time news an in-depth documentary about Plastic. In this context, we would like to know if it would be possible to get permission to use some footage we saw here. How can we get permission to use it?
★★★★ · New new new · Steve Nordby · 2003-09-05
The story of plastics from celluloid and Bakelite novelties to a valuable World War II resource. Less entertaining but more informative than a Simpson's parody of a classroom film. No negatives but new jobs, new processes, new uses, new wants, new markets, new prosperity, your new frontier. A new and better world of the molecule that belongs to us all.
★★★★ · The War... on PLASTICS! · Spuzz · 2004-02-26
Even though you would think they would know better when they are brand spanking new at this, Young America, in their first film try WAY too hard at their first subject 'Plastics' and use almost every archival film footage piece ever made in this film as this film goes all over the place. Specifically focusing on the war, (and using not-really-needed Hitler footage) you would think, by the bombastic narration that the war was all ABOUT plastics. The film also tries to go into the history of plastics, but looking at the scientists in the labratory shaking overly big beakers around, you wonder…