Historical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played a significant role in the introduction of mass production techniques to the USA in the late 18th century.
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Lloyd Bridges as Eli Whitney
Erville Alderson as Thomas Jefferson
John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice)
Howard Negley as Military Committee Man (as Howard J. Negley)
Harry Hayden as Senatorial Committee Man
Mitchell Lewis as Eli Whitney's Workman
Rudolph G. Kopp Original Music Composer
Harold Lipstein Director of Photography
Gerald Mayer Director
Newell P. Kimlin Editor
John Nesbitt Writer
Herbert Moulton Producer
United States 07 May 1949
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