https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1f07e6b5-ff29-4cc3-bbd5-af1f8d46fb0f Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This black & white news film is about automation in the workplace, and how complex machines and computers are creating change in the workplace, and disrupting many industries, and the lives of workers, in the process. This film was directed by Warren Wallace and dates to 1963. Opening titles: "Automation: The Next Revolution" (:08). Machine parts in motion (:20). A disenfranchised African American speaks on losing his job; others speak on not having a job, some white, black, and hispanic people speak (:58). Machines move and make items (2:28). A pin setting machine at a bowling alley grabs the pins and sets them up (3:05). A machine at work (3:59). John I. Snider, Jr., President of U.S. Industries speaks (4:38). A complex machine; the Linotype machine (6:35). Betram Powers, head of the NY Typographical Union, speaks (7:04). Southampton, NY on Long Island, is a place where Local 3 of the International Brotherhood of electrical workers Union workers meet (8:43). The head of local 3, Harry Van Arsdale, Jr. speaks on a shorter work day (9:17). Men looking for work as longshoremen (11:34). Men hoist cargo off a boat (12:27). Seatrain facility at the Jersey Shore showing containerization and how it affects longshoremen (12:46). John L. Weller, President of Seatrain, speaks on mechanized operations (14:11). W. Willard Wirtz, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, speaks (15:20). Black and white workers speak on needing a high school diploma (16:49). Black and white Americans at work in a machine shop (17:16). Civil Rights March for integrated schools and fair wages / minimum wage (17:48). Freedom March (18:12) in Washington, D.C. Bayard Rustin speaks, he is an American leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, nonviolence, and gay rights. Rustin worked with A. Philip Randolph on the March on Washington Movement, in 1941, to press for an end to racial discrimination in employment (18:22). Bottling plant. Machines move bottles of 7-Up in New Rochelle, NY; a worker watches the machine (21:11). Ralph Helstein speaks, a labor leader best known for leading the United Packinghouse Workers of America as international president (22:49). A woman types with her fingers; a punch card machine or card sorting machine at work, probably an IBM 026 Key Punch (23:39). IBM computer (24:18). Men look for work (24:23). A data tape type machine in use (24:42). Men on the streets (24:45). Men look for work (25:07). W. Willard Wirtz, the U.S. Secretary of Labor, speaks (25:39). People walk on a busy city street (27:03). End credits (28:07). Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link 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 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glySBQwEe7U Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:24:50 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/1f07e6b5-ff29-4cc3-bbd5-af1f8d46fb0f All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.