Vintage Textile Industry History Films DVD: Production of Textiles, Retro Fabric & Cloth in Antique Textile Mills

Historic Textile Manufacturing Films

DVD These two films both are high on content and offer an inside look at the manufacturing of cloth, thread, cotton and much more. Of note is the assembly line footage showing factory practices in the textile field in the 1950s. All in all, this is a solid and unique collection, the only one of its kind covering the textile industry. Running time 50 minutes.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

The Greater Goal: The Human Dividends from American Industry (1953) – 24 minutes running time

- Excellent assembly line footage of cloth and thread being mass produced. Southern textile mills are showcased as an advanced form of industrial efficient and we are taught that the future success of our economic is partially dependent on a thriving textile industry.

How Textile Mills Are Modernizing (1958) – 26 minutes running time

- Nice educational movie about how electricity is adding a new dimension to textile manufacturing. Nice footage of textile processing and cotton mill production with narration that is sometimes very technical.