"OUTLOOK '70 " IMPACT OF NASA SPACE PROGRAM TECHNOLOGY ON AMERICAN INDUSTRY PROMO FILM SM10485

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Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This 1969 film by National Television News for NASA, entitled "Outlook '70", looks at the potential impact of the Apollo Program and other NASA initiatives on American business and industry. It includes a look at autonomous delivery vehicles such as the pioneering AMSCAR, an improved airport baggage handling system that involves automated carts, and emissions control systems for automobiles among other things. The film begins with a cheesy animation of the 1969 Apollo 11 Moon landing (0:14). Title card: "Outlook '70" (0:43). The film explains how advaces in space technology have bled into industry. A welder works on new lightweight materials (0:50). High-speed computers; a telecom display phone (1:12); electric power lines. A mockup of an electric blackout prevention system for use in Philadelphia (1:41). Willard Rockwell Jr., Board Chairman of North American Rockwell (1:50). Automated assembly lines (1:58); an automated airport baggage carousel (2:10); electric carts on a baggage carousel (2:31). Diagram of a Boeing 747 Baggage Handling Proposal (2:48). Jervis Webb, President of the Jervis B. Webb Company, discusses automatic conveyors (2:57). Battery powered driverless vehicles called Amscars, made by Amsco, used to transport hospital materials (3:15). A car on an automated assembly line (4:05); a highway toward Rockville and Frederick with speed limit 60 sign (4:13). More efficient auto emissions control systems being installed on cars (4:32). Lynn Townsend, Board Chairman of Chrysler, speaks about the trend towards specialty cars (5:01). A CAN test on March 31, 1969 (5:36). Footage of the Apollo 11 astronauts' homecoming on August 15, 1969 in New York; Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldwin, and Michael Collins wave to the crowd (5:58). Narration describes the increased use of paper products; a stack of disposable diapers (6:25); paper operating room sheets and garments (6:50). Harrison F. Dunning, Chairman of Scott Paper Company, talks about new methods to meet the growing demand for paper products (7:03). A logger cutting down trees; a reseeding plane flies over forests (7:36). Newspapers coming off a printing press (8:17) with the headline, "U.S. is investigating war protest leaders." Electronic typesetters (8:25); The Detroit News, with headline "Man Walks on Moon Again" (8:36). The film discusses the growth of radio and television; a customer looks at a color TV set (9:00). Marvin Whatmore, President of Cowles Communications, talks about increased progress and demand for news through newspapers, TV, and media in the 70s (9:20). A woman picks up a copy of Venture magazine (9:48); Family Circle and Woman's Day magazines in the background. A crowded shopping mall (10:08); Tom Clawson, President-Elect of Bank of America (10:28). American tanks and soldiers in Vietnam (10:32). The film ends by predicting a leveling off period and then more growth in the 1970s. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. For almost two decades, we've worked to collect, scan and preserve the world as it was captured on 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have endangered films you'd like to have scanned, or wish to donate celluloid to Periscope Film so that we can share them with the world, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the weblink below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com