PRESERVED FILMS

Bayshore Round-Up (1920)

Film showing the Bayshore Amusement Park in its heyday, preserved by the Maryland Historical Society with NFPF support.

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Flight to the Future—To the World of Plastics (1952)

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Flight to the Future—To the World of Plastics (1952)
 Sponsor: Bakelite Co., Union Carbide Corp. Production Co.: Kaleb Film and Television Corp. Cast: Lyle Talbot, John Eldridge. Transfer Note: Scanned from a 16mm print held by the Library of Congress. Running Time: 39 minutes.

Promotional film for the pioneering American plastics company that surveys the contribution of plastics to everyday life. Flight to the Future is structured as a discussion on a transcontinen­tal flight, during which three plastics experts (a manufacturer, an engineer, and a designer) tell the flight attendant about their industry. Over the course of the film, a multitude of plastics products are shown.

Resources
 “Flight to the Future,” Modern Plastics 29 (Aug. 1952): 88–89.