”BREAKING IN ON BRAKE PROSPERITY” 1933 RAYBESTOS ASBESTOS AUTOMOBILE BRAKES PROMO FILM XD47464

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website The silent film “Breaking in on Brake Prosperity” from 1933 promotes Raybestos Automobile Brake Company, which was founded by Arthur H. Raymond and Arthur F. Law in 1902. In 1906 Law and Raymond invented the woven brake lining, which became an important innovation in automobile brakes. The purpose of the film was to promote their products, their brake service stations and to approach prospective job candidates, and it shows scenes from service stations and the entire production process of the woven asbestos lining. Asbestos was later identified as a carcinogen and in 1993 were removed from the market due to health concerns for those that perform brake-related automotive repair or maintenance. (Note: this is a silent version of a sound film; in other words our version has no soundtrack even though the “RCA Photophone System“ is referenced in the credits.) “Asbestos” written on screen (00:16). Credentials (00:22). “Breaking in on Brake Prosperity” title banner (00:25). A Raybestos Ford Trimotor promotional airplane (00:58). Footage of a hectic New York City Street (01:16). “Killed by Automobiles – Killed in World War – ” written on screen (01:24). A Ford model A driving (01:34). The car is stopped by police officers (01:44). Birds-eye-view of urban landscapes (01:46). An illustration of a train passing buildings (01:54). Birds-eye-view of industrial areas (01:59). A worker is sweeping the floors of a Raybestos Brake Service Station (02:08). Another man arrives (02:20). Trucks and cars driving on a suburban street (02:36). The worker and the man are standing at the service station (02:49). The man enters and the worker continues sweeping (02:57). The man is looking through papers while seated at an office desk (03:07). The worker walks in and they start conversing (03:19). The seated man makes a phone call (03:50). Storefronts (03:53). Another man arrives at the service station (04:03). He is sitting at the desk with the other man conversing (04:08). Photographs of different Raybestos Brake Service Station (04:45). The sign of a Raybestos Asbestos Production in Bridgeport, Connecticut (05:17). A man working in an office (05:19). Another man arrives and they greet each other and converse (05:24). A map highlighting the areas of Raybestos distribution (05:58). The two men are talking in the office (06:37). They walk to a table with car brakes displayed (07:00). They return to the office desk and continue talking (07:35). (07:54). A piece of asbestos (07:54). A machine with two wheels grinding down asbestos (08:15). Frayed asbestos is discharged from a cylinder while a factory worker loads asbestos into another cylinder (08:30). The asbestos is rolled into sheets (08:44) and wound into rolls of string (08:55). The string is then rolled from many small skeins to one large drum (09:08) and weaved into thick bands (09:23). Rolls with bands of different widths and colors (10:17). Wider bands of asbestos are pressed and labeled with ‘Raybestos’ (10:57). The film is presented by The Raybestos Division of Raybestos, Manhattan, Inc., produced by Castle Films, New York, directed by Walter B. Gilbert, and photographed by B.S. Dawley. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit