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A narrator explain how the Bell Telephone Company was instrumental in the Echo I project. The Echo I satellite allowed for the first wireless telephone call through a satellite. The narrator rejoices at this breakthrough in telecommunications and hypothesis about the future of communication.
A boy wakes up to find a new jet bike waiting for him. He then goes to fly model airplanes with his dad. As the boy goes home, he notices water skiers, scuba divers, and bowlers. In each scene and place the boy visit an American Machine & Foundry product is featured.
A cartoon salesman tries to sell a car company cheap steel from China. The car company executives reject the salesman’s for offering them low quality products.
A narrator talks about the vital role aluminum plays in the transportation industry. Footage of aluminum vehicles are shown. The narrator talks about how Aluminum Ltd. supplies the majority of the aluminum in the market and is the most active in aluminum research.
A narrator talks about the how quality of Swiss watches as an orchestra plays in the background. All the members of the orchestra wear Swiss watches. The narrator concludes the commercial by urging the audience to buy a Swiss watch for the upcoming holiday season.
A narrator talks about the new machine developed by Bell Telephone Company that allow people to have three-way calls, have work calls forward to a person home phone, and remember frequently used phone numbers.
A daughter misses her father when goes on a business trip. Luckily, she and her mother can talk with her father because they used the Bell Telephone Company for their phone call.
Rex Marshall tells the audience how electricity is the next step in the evolution of convenience. Marshall also mentions that Reynolds aluminum can be found in electrical appliances featured during National Electrical Week.
A female narrator forecasts a bright future for aluminum as she lists recently developed products that contain aluminum. The commercial concludes with another narrator asking the viewers to choose Alcoa for all their aluminum needs.
A chef shows the audience that he is able keep his food fresh and preserved by using aluminum cans and packaging. The chef also mentions how aluminum is used in agricultural and transportation industries.
On behalf of the American trucking industry Goodyear presents a commercial following the career of an Akron Ohio trucker, Alvin Howler. The commercial show Howler diligently working at his job and the time he spent at the William Way Memorial Driver Training School.
A narrator proclaims how the future of Trinidad’s children are secure thanks to the abundant supply of oil off the coast of the island. The narrator explains how Texaco is helping the island by providing education and jobs for the Trinidadians
A Goodyear spokesperson talk about how the various Goodyear products are improving society. Some of the products the spokesperson lists are machine belts, flooring, and road paint.
Through slow motion and stop motion photography and close-ups of game shots, the film shows the fundamentals of basketball shooting, concentrating on the set-shot. Stance, the action of the throw, aim, trajectory, and finger-tip control are demonstrated. Special attention is given to the fine coordination of all parts of the body required for accurate shooting.
The commercial shows which Jeeps were used in the movie "Hatari!". The commercial portrays the different Jeeps as actors that were cast for specific roles and worked with the movie stars John Wayne, Red Buttons, and Elsa Martinelli. The Jeeps are shown in several movie clips driving across Tanzanian and herding animals.
A Ford Galaxie drives on beaches and seashores. Translucent footage of waters and waves are are overlaid on top of the footage of the Galaxie to give the impression that the Galaxie is driving on water.
An advertisement for Westinghouse appliances including washing machine, stove, dryer, refrigerator, and dishwasher. Advertisements features cast of "I Love Lucy." Ricky appears on screen talking to Fred about what they remember about the year 1949. Then Lucy and Ethel are in an appliance store looking at 1959 Westinghouse appliances with marked with 1949 prices. The spokesperson, Betty Furness, gives a through description of each appliance and various upgrades since 1949, ending by saying, "You can be sure, if it's Westinghouse."
Shows Roger Smith watching the day-to-day development of his baby brother's teeth. Roger then recognizes in the dentist his friend of yesterday who had presented him with a four-leaf clover. Shows the care behind the Smith children's healthy teeth: faithful brushing after each meal, semiannual visits to the dentist, and wholesome foods that are not too sweet.
Eddie Cantor, Joel Grey, Eddie Fisher, Marion Colby, Evelyn Gould, Gehrig & Weissmuller, William Warfield, Miche'le Auclair, Al Goodman, Furth Ulman, George Habib, Sam Fuller, Kingman T. Moore, Manning Ostroff
Dorrell McGowan, Jodie Copelan, Stuart E. McGowan, Clark Paylow, Adrian Gendot, Carl Berger, Arthur H. Nadel A.C.E., Harry M. Slott, T. T. Tripplett, Kirby Grant, Gloria Winters, Myron Healy, Stanford Jolley, Frank Richards, Fred Krone
Leo Rosencrans, Jim Constable, Harry Birch, Leo Zochling, Harold Witt, Wilding Picture Productions Inc. , Edward Ferguson, Klock Ryder, Mary Puckner, Preston Flower
Robert Florey, Don W. Sharpe, Frederic Brady, Charles Boyer, John Bingham, Bernard Burton, Beverly Garland, Mimi Gibson, John Doucette, Helen Mayon, Dick Powell, David Niven, Ida Lupino, George E. Diskant, A.S.C.
