New Roadways - Cast

New Roadways (1939)
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Short | 10 min | Short, History

New Roadways (1939)

Approved

Short | 10 min | Short, History

In the laboratory, glass is rolled like a carpet and spun into cloth. Cotton, corn and wood are utilized to form new substances. Additional treasures of the sea are sought - the beach is plowed and seeded for clams; factories are ...See moreIn the laboratory, glass is rolled like a carpet and spun into cloth. Cotton, corn and wood are utilized to form new substances. Additional treasures of the sea are sought - the beach is plowed and seeded for clams; factories are constructed to draw up food from the sea. The sun is harnessed. A solar heat machine is used to produce steam which in turn operates a generator for an electric refrigerator. White mice, with a three-year life span, are organically like man. The effects of diet, in a memory test, are illustrated by the mouse's activities in threading a maze in its search for the food placed at the end. Other tests illustrate their reactions to color. The true value of plastic surgery lies in its ability to restore broken men disfigured either from war or industrial accidents. Even in some of the state penal institutions it has been used to change the tough-looking features of some of the inmates whose entry into crime may have been occasioned by the thought that their appearance made them unwelcome by society. The commentator closes with the statement that it is this group of discoveries and workers which builds for the future - this unknown army of the passing parade. Written by Catalog of films for classroom use (1941) See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
John Nesbitt Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Telephone Time (1956)
Richard Cramer Prison Guard (uncredited) Prison Guard (uncredited) See fewer	Saps at Sea (1940)
Howard M. Mitchell Prison Warden (uncredited) Prison Warden (uncredited) See fewer	The Mother Heart (1921)
Tom Quinn Glass Worker (uncredited) Glass Worker (uncredited) See fewer	Daughter of Don Q (1946)
Phillip Terry Man in Photo (uncredited) Man in Photo (uncredited) See fewer	The Lost Weekend (1945)