A flight to the future where the only turbulence is exposition about polymers.
Marge, a young flight attendant, is offered the chance to work a chartered flight her boyfriend Bill is piloting. On the trip are four members of a company engaged in the manufacturing of various plastics - Messrs. Arnold, Duncan, Harmon, and Casey. Mr. Arnold engages Marge in conversation about many of the ways plastics are used in modern life. Then Mr. Duncan tells her about more uses of plastics. Then Mr. Casey tells her about further uses of plastics. Then Mr. Harmon tells Marge about additional uses of plastics.
Production
Lavish industrial-film budget for 1952.
Costume
Marge's perfectly pressed Pan Am realness.
Director
Erle C. Kenton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was produced by Celanese Corporation as industrial propaganda disguised as entertainment, a peak example of 1950s 'capitalist realism.'
Director Erle C. Kenton also made 'Island of Lost Souls' — talk about range, from human-animal hybrids to high-density polyethylene.
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