UNDERGROUND ARTERIES: STORY OF TRANSITE PIPE ASBESTOS CEMENT 1950s JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP XD45754

Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1950s color promotional film from the Johns-Manville Corporation touts their Transite line of asbestos cement (AC) pipes, boasting of their product’s revolutionary convenience (TRT 35:34). The asbestos cement pipes shown were expected to have a lifespan of 75 years. In recent decades there have been notable cases of AC pipe failure and detection of high levels of asbestos in the drinking water, including Woodstock, NY which experienced AC pipe issues in 1985 An illustration of a city. Title: “Underground Arteries, The Story of Transite Pipe Asbestos Cement” (0:18). A hand turns on a water faucet. A full glass is handed to a young girl (0:47). A man washes a car using a garden hose. A baby bathes in a kitchen sink. A raging fire. A group of men in suits reviewing a blueprint (1:06). Exterior: “Somerset County Administration Building'' in New Jersey. Rivers, re