Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played a significant role in the introduction of mass production techniques to the USA in the late 18th century.
Lloyd Bridges
Eli Whitney
Erville Alderson
Thomas Jefferson
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Howard Negley
Military Committee Man (as Howard J. Negley)
Harry Hayden
Senatorial Committee Man
Mitchell Lewis
Eli Whitney's Workman
Dreams
Angel of Mercy
The Story of Alfred Nobel
The Hidden Master
Madero of Mexico
The Great American Mug
The Film That Was Lost
The Story That Couldn't Be Printed
Forgotten Treasure
Souvenirs of Death
People on Paper
A Lady Fights Back
American Spoken Here
One Against the World
Magic on a Stick
Yankee Doodle Goes to Town
We Do It Because
Stairway to Light
The Face Behind the Mask
The Seesaw and the Shoes
Radium Girls
The Current War
Köln 75
Written on the Wind
Mayerling
The Man in the White Suit
Dear Christmas
Raintree County
The Importance of Being Earnest
Eight Men Out
Western Union
The One That Got Away
The Last Rifleman
The Birth of a Nation
Titanic
The Sound Barrier
Wild River
The Naked City
Distant Drums
The Verdict