I don't know about the music. It made me wonder if the Seven Dwarves were going to appear in the flick. It's certainly an interesting time capsule. Thanks for sharing it.
As far as the contents, yes where did it all go? Like that SIP Jig Borer seen at about 19 minutes, perhaps the ultimate expression of the machine tool builders' art back in its day.
I was struck by the number of women in the workforce.
There are some Sigma factory videos that shows how modern lenses are made. The overall process seems similar, except there are more automation and computer assisted designs.
I never used a camera with a Kodak lens but when I started work for my local police force scenes of crime darkroom they were still using an MPP 5x4 camera, fitted with a 135/F4.5 Xenar lens, but the seemingly giant Kodak enlarger was fitted with a I think a F4.5 or 5.6 uncoated Kodak enlarging lens. The quality was actually very good quality but it was so old, the diaphragm needed a good service, it was nearly impossible to change the aperture.
Thanks for posting this video ... any idea when it was made ... 1960s?
The story of Kodak's decline is a sad one, but it was self-inflicted by poor management over many many years and a failure to adapt. The level of investment needed to make the lenses (for example) was huge, as can be clearly seen from the video ... an amazing variety of precision instruments and machines. The problem was that they failed to continue investing in automation, so eventually the lens making became uneconomic.
Fortunately Kodak still make excellent film products, driven mainly by the movie industry and directors like Christopher Nolan.