Synopsis
Opens with a shot of an hourglass which leads into a montage of various household appliances and then moves into a discussion of how DuPont "makes life more liveable." The rest of the film tracks the manufacturing of rayon from raw material to finished product.
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Details
- Running time
- 15 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- fashion_favorites_1
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · DuPont: The Real Acme Corporation · Christine Hennig · 2006-06-10
This DuPont film from 1940 tells us all about the wonders of rayon in great detail. A lot of time is spent showing us how rayon is made, including two different chemical processes for making it, and how extensive quality control is maintained. This gets a little dry after awhile, as it is just bombastic narration with no soundtrack music, but the visuals make up for it somewhat. There are lots of great scenes of scientists working with all kinds of strange equipment and scary-looking glassware, as well as scenes of all kinds of DuPont products, such as clothing, lingerie, draperies…
★★★★ · Right on for Rayon! · Spuzz · 2003-09-15
Interesting film about the many wonderful benefits of Dupont Rayon and how it's manufactured. After briefly going through what kinds of fabrics can be made from the stuff, we go into the labratory for the remainder of the film to show how the fabric is chemically made. Wait! As boring as that sounds, it's actually quite interesting, as we see the stuff being made from chemical to filament. Quite fascinating are the parts on how multicolored fabrics are made, and how it actually becomes a filament in the first place. Reccomended to take a look at.