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13168_10675_pharmaceutical_industry

1955
B&W

New Jersey. Pharmaceutical research and manufacturing. Various shots of a female and male scientist in white lab coats discussing the anatomy of a molecule with the aid of a blackboard, various shots of female and male researchers at the Shering (sp?) Corporation laboratory working with beakers, flasks, burners and other related instruments to find a more effective cortisone-like drug, beakers being heated, African American/ black male researcher and Caucasian/ white female colleague examining beakers and discussing results, CU spinning glass scientific instrument, female scientist operating pharmaceutical-related machinery, beakers being shaken by machine, WS researchers in room with large machines, manufacture of the pills begins as lab employee adds ingredients to an industrial mixer, employee pushing drying rack of mixture, various shots from the pill manufacturing process that include a machine that compresses the mixture into pill form, bottling, pill / medicine bottles on the assembly line, packaging. pill making,.