Industry on Parade

Industry on Parade
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GenreSponsored film
Created byNational Association of Manufacturers,
Written byArthur Lodge
Directed byArthur Lodge
Presented byArthur Lodge
Narrated byArthur Lodge
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons10 [citation needed]
No. of episodes502
Production
ProducersNational Broadcasting Company, Arthur Lodge Productions
CinematographyArthur Lodge
Running time13.5m
Original release
NetworkNational Broadcasting Company
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Saran is extruded into plastic thread at the National Plastic Products Company in Odenton, MD; from Industry on Parade episode "Plastic Age Anniversary!" celebrating ten years of industrial plastic production

Industry on Parade was a short television program that aired in the United States from 1950–1960. It was produced by the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). The show depicts complicated industrial processes that transform raw materials into finished products available for consumption by Americans. Its episodes generally contain several sections, each of which looks at a different aspect of some larger topic within industry.[1]

The show was nationally syndicated, and local stations could show it free of charge—which they did, in a wide range of different time slots. Footage was also distributed widely among American schools and community organizations.[2] Ratings information is scarce but existing local reports suggest that the show was quite popular.[3]

  1. ^ Samuel Dodd, "'Industry on Parade': Developments in Invention and Research", The Atlantic, 4 August 2012.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Mittell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Elizabeth A. Fones-Wolf, Selling Free Enterprise: The Business Assault on Labor and Liberalism, 1945-60, Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 1995, p. 52, ISBN 9780252064395.