Miracle of the Can (Part II)
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- Publication date
- ca. 1956
- Usage
- Public Domain
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Shows history of can making in the U.S. Excellent footage of mass production and discussion of the growth of agribusiness.
Stock shots: soldiers eating canned rations; toddler eating baby food; kitchen; can opening; man being awoken by a phone call at 2 AM; dumping coffee beans into giant grinder; pebble dropped in pool.
Native Americans doing what is supposed to be a harvest dance. CU of Indian drum.
Historical recreation of Pilgrims at Thanksgiving.
Surprise shots: fruit on the vine dissolves into an aluminum can on the vine. Cornucopia of produce dissolves into cornucopia of cans.
Voiceovers:
"All growing things are provided with a protective covering; it occurred to man if he could provide a permanent protective covering for the bounty of nature he could then readily extend the harvest season until every day of the year became a day of plenty."
Growth of agribusiness: "Farmers began to plant more and more acres; improve their yields; lifted their farm incomes to higher level; adding purchasing power that gladdened the hearts of entire families. A new agricultural era was in the making all through the growing demand for canned foods."
Handpacking and hand soldering cans. [recreation]
"All this [growth in agricultural, meat and fish production] because the can making industry had faced and met nature's challenge, here is my limitless bounty for the taking, protect it well."
"Just as harvest time means more than the ending of one bountiful season, it contains within itself the seeds of another more fruitful spring. So this humblest little servant of your daily life, contains not just a product but symbolizes a more abundant life for all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world. This is the miracle of the can."
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- 2002-07-16 00:00:00
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- Collectionid
- 18827b
- Color
- B&W
- Country
- United States
- External-identifier
- urn:cid:bafybeih6l3qz257cqkcz6d6rbm3niawwbfhmfjlpfakcdnyaqalt4s35mi
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- boost
- Identifier
- Miracleo1956_2
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- Numeric_id
- 694
- Proddate
- ca. 1956
- Run time
- 20:48
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- 20230805.01
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Reviews
Subject: Excellent Production
But they fail to project how one day...our sun will turn into a white dwarf.....while the Earth turns into a mass of wadded up empty cans.
Subject: Cans of Freedom!
about how vacuum sealed coffee cans were developed--you know the kind (if you're old enough!) where you had to use a key to wind off a metal strip...I used to hate to open those!
At the end---and this is so typical of industry films frrom the '50s---we're told that cans are somehow central to democracy and freedom loving people the world over. I guess commies didn't use cans.
Subject: Kick The Can....
Subject: The film is in the can!