Mr. Whitney Had a Notion
Mr. Whitney Had a Notion

Mr. Whitney Had a Notion

6.3

0 hr 11 min

1949-05-07

4

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.

History

Trailers

Characters

Lloyd Bridges

Lloyd Bridges

Eli Whitney

Erville Alderson

Erville Alderson

Thomas Jefferson

John Nesbitt

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Howard Negley

Howard Negley

Military Committee Man (as Howard J. Negley)

Harry Hayden

Harry Hayden

Senatorial Committee Man

Mitchell Lewis

Mitchell Lewis

Eli Whitney's Workman

Similar Movies

Madero of Mexico

1942-11-28

Strange Testament

1941-11-15

Forgotten Treasure

1943-07-24

The Film That Was Lost

1942-10-31

The Hidden Master

1940-04-20

The Story That Couldn't Be Printed

1939-07-22

The Great American Mug

1945-10-06

People on Paper

1945-11-17

American Spoken Here

1940-11-30

The Story of Alfred Nobel

1939-02-18

Souvenirs of Death

1948-06-19

Magic on a Stick

1946-01-19

A Lady Fights Back

1944-11-11

The Golden Hunch

1945-11-15

Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

1939-06-17

Angel of Mercy

1939-05-20

A Way in the Wilderness

1940-06-22

We Do It Because

1942-01-24

One Against the World

1939-08-19

Utopia of Death

1940-10-12