https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/f936f2a0-7068-488e-89a0-6f69d5f37180 Pioneers of Progress is a black and white, promotional film, explaining the uses of American steel. The film was produced by Warner News, Inc. and was supervised by Film Counselors, Inc. It was written by William Fain, edited by Edward H. Powick, narrated by Andre Baruch, a French-born American film narrator, with sound by Kenneth Upton. The film was put out by American Iron and Steel Institute, copyright 1953. American Iron and Steel is an association of North American steel producers which dates back to 1855. Pioneer days blacksmith using iron and steel for horseshoes and wheels (0:38-0:56). Pioneers using steel ax heads and saws to build homes (1:05-1:26). Steel plows work the soil (1:27-1:32). The “Iron Horse” (railroad) came on the scene (1:40-1:58). Steel furnaces (1:59-2:09). Hot Steel block, ingot (2:16-2:18). A steel mill (2:22-2:32). Steel workers using time clock punch cards (2:56-3:01). How to make steel: Open hearth furnace (3:11-3:18). Limestone being added to other ingredients (3:19-3:26). Slag being drained off (3:27-3:32). Molten steel ingots (3:41-3:53). Ingot is placed on a buggy headed to a rolling mill (4:02-4:37). The rolling mill (4:38-5:21). Steel rails coming off the rolling mill (5:22-5:31). Pennsylvania Railroad Express train (5:36-5:54). Oil drilling grasshoppers (6:02-6:06). Ship being built (6:10-6:16). Welders doing welding (6:16-6:20). Farm machinery combines (6:21-6:31). A city bus is made from steel (6:36-6:39). High rise building being built of steel beams (6:40-6:45). Late 1940’s, early 1950’s automobiles (6:46-6:59). Military equipment, jeeps, trucks, jets, is made from steel (7:05-7:42). Anti-aircraft guns on ships (7:44-8:01). Earth-moving equipment made of steel (8:20-8:21). Steel laboratory creating new ways to use steel (8:49-9:11). Electric steelmaking furnace (9:13-9:47). Controls for the electric furnace (9:48-10:00). An electrical device to measure the temperature of the molten steel (10:07-10:13). Wire making machine (10:45-11:05). Tin plate mill to create tin cans (11:08-11:49). Rolls of tin plate (11:51-12:03). Tin cans and kitchen equipment made from tin plate (12:15-12:30). Canning / processing food (12:32-12:46). Electric Iron (12:53-13:03). Diaper pin (13:09-13:16). A straight razor (13:29-13:31). Hypodermic needle (13:35-13:36). Egg beater (13:40-13:41). We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." 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=1mY3z-CTgHU Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Thu, 11 Jun 2026 06:28:24 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/f936f2a0-7068-488e-89a0-6f69d5f37180 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.