UNA CARAVANA PERIODISTICA Reel 2 · Part 2

Description

Delegates to the Pan American Congress of Journalists (Washington, D.C., 1927) visit industrial and educational sites in the United States. Reel 1, Pres. Coolidge welcomes the delegates at the White House. Flashbacks show details in the development of the automobile and the road system in the U.S. Reel 2, the delegates view operations in the production of motion pictures in the Eastman Kodak Co. in Rochester, N.Y.; flour milling operations in Buffalo; tire manufacturing in Akron, Ohio; iron mining in Minnesota; smelting operations in a Pittsburgh steel mill; and automobile construction in Detroit factories where they are greeted by Henry Ford. Includes shots of cotton picking, wheat threshing, and raw rubber production. Reel 3, the delegates see the hydro-electric plants at Niagara Falls; a livestock exhibition and a parade at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri; and R.O.T.C. mounted units parading on the Ohio State University campus. Includes other views of the campuses.

Collection

Records of the Extension Service

Series

Motion Picture Films