Knitted fabric of the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA. View of knitted fabric clothes. Women at work on a modern knitting machine. A fashion model displays garments made up of knitted fabric.
Manufacture of decorative fabric at Burlington Mills in North Carolina, United States. Individual threads are controlled by holed punched into an endless belt. Fabric is inspected before finalization. Table clothes, napkins and curtains being manufactured. Women arrange upholstery on a couch.
Manufacture of ribbons at Burlington Mills in North Carolina, United States. Spools of ribbons. Ribbon looms are shown. Ribbons being manufactured on beams. Women workers pack them. Shows a mother putting her baby into a cradle.
In the quality control department of the Burlington Mill, yarn is tested for its strength. The yarn is subjected to various tests including abrasion test, tensile strength test and others tests. Close up of the Burlington Mill logo on a fabric roll.
Manufacture of socks and nylon stockings at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, United States. Socks are being packed. A fashion model wearing nylon stockings. Yarn being knit into knitting machines and then rolled up on beams. Clothes being washed and dyed. Women employees measure stockings. In quality control laboratory stockings are subjected to various tests. Coordinators work to obtain perfect quality stockings. Exteriors of the Burlington Mills. U.S. flag flutters atop the building. View of different types of fabrics. A montage shows Major League Football match being played, surgeons doing surgery, children singing, fabric roll, umbrellas, handbags and workers at Burlington Mills indulged in various activities.
Newsreel titled, 'Persia and the Oil Fields." Narrator chronicles discovery of oil in Persia, benefits of oil to the local economy, and British involvement via the Great Oil Company (now British Petroleum). View of barren lands in Persia (now Abadan in Iran). Oil drillers at work in a refinery amidst the barren lands. Construction of oil refinery at Abadan. Oil revenue brings benefits to the people, as shown by new bridges, school buildings, teachers and young girl and boy students in classroom, and college students studying technical subjects. Professor instructs in front of a blackboard filled with mathematical formulas. Workers at metal shop machines applying new technical knowledge. Oil pipe lines laid across stretches of undeveloped land near Abadan, Iran. Crude oil bubbling from the ground. View of several British oil transport ships at a dock in the Persian Gulf, including "Umaria London", the "British Guardsman" and the "British Virtue." Narrator eludes to the then current difficulties in relations between Iran and Britain, due to the British oil embargo following nationalization of Iran's oil reserves by Mosaddegh.
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