“THRESHOLD OF TOMORROW“ 1970s MASONITE CORP. LAMINATED WOOD PRODUCTS PROMO FILM XD7246
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This 1970s film directed by F. William Bryant, Jr. was produced by the Masonite Corporation, which specialized in wood products and design. The film was written by William Bernal and shot by Kari Malkames, . The Masonite product is a type of “engineered wood” typically made by compressing together fibres and different materials to produce a board. The film covers the history and different uses of Masonite products. The film shows the manufacturing process, including the harvesting of the trees, the chipping of the wood, the industrial process by which it is separated into base components, and then pressed together again. They also highlight the different design options that they offer for hardboard wood and how this looks in different settings. Finally, they emphasize the other potential benefits like the environmentally friendly use of manufacturing waste products in the creation of fish food.
0:09 Shots of different floor surfaces such as wood, tiles, laminate, and elaborate patterns, 0:45 Title Scene “Threshold of Tomorrow”, 0:51 Woman looking through microscope, 1:10 Laser machinery shown, 1:28 Scientist working in a lab, 1:31 close up of a piece of wood spinning, 1:50 slow zoom out from a fruit bowl, 2:00 picture sequence of the different uses of wood, 2:10 Picture sequence of wood applications in house design, 2:53 Wood chipper shown shredding wood, 3:10 Machine creating hardboard wood, 3:21 Picture sequence of the different uses of hardboard, 3:58 intricate patterns on filigree wood, 4:15 series of houses created in combination of these two materials, 4:30 Series of tests done on hardboard for durability including water, light, and stress, 5:10 Engraver creating a pattern for a deep texture panel, 5:29 Boss telling engraver that the pattern is not good enough, 5:50 designers looking at wood elements to see which ones to copy, 6:08 Series of shots of fashionable rooms to see how the different patterns fit in, 6:38 Industrial wood chipper seen creating wood chips, 6:45 Wood suppliers shown bringing in logs, 7:04 logs running through the wood chipper, 7:17 steam gun seen going off, 7:35 factory employee overseeing a control panel and freshly fibred wood, 7:45 variety of products created by this producer shown, 8:04 Truck shipping out large shipment of hardboard, 8:13 Timber harvester cutting down trees, 8:40 Scientist in car overseeing the logging process, 9:05 Oil pumps, 9:36 different markings for trees shown to indicate different attributes, 9:45 Man shoots tree branch off with a gun to harvest scions from the “superior” trees to plant new ones, 10:16 Scientist on field with saplings, 10:48 Cut back to the factory, machine washing wood sugars out of the wood, 11:37 Catfish pellets made from waste sugars, 11:55 Female scientists working with Glucose vials, 12:30 Female scientists examining printouts from a machine, 13:08 scientists discussing with each other, 13:21 Closing Credit “Masonite Corporation”, 13:27 closing credits. This film was likely produced by FWB & Associates Inc.
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