Vintage Film on Automation: Computers and Machines: A mid-1960’s look at Automation discusses COMPUTERS, punched paper tape programs, check-sorting, and AUTOMATED FACTORY MACHINES. A low-key introduction to the subject of Automation, the film also presents a well narrated tour of the factory automation at LANGENDORF BAKERY facility in Los Angeles which was famous for many years, and was eventually bought by American Bakeries, Inc. in 1964. Run time: 11 minutes
About Langendorf Bakeries
Bernard Langendorf came to America from Vienna, Austria when he was sixteen. He moved his small Chicago bakery to San Francisco in 1895, establishing Langendorf’s Vienna Bakery on Folsom Street, south of Market Street.
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed his bakery, Bernard re-opened at 878 McAllister, near Laguna. Over the years the bakery grew to over 20 locations throughout the West Coast, from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington. It was owned and operated by Langendorf’s sons, until the business was sold to American Bakeries, Inc., in 1964. American Bakeries Company also owned the “Kream Krust” bread trademark, seen in the film.
Related Links:
Langendorf Bakery Success Story (Video)
https://californiarevealed.org/islandora/object/cavpp%3A16554
Langendorf Bakery Trucks 1920’s
(Note: this vintage film was missing the title footage, so the exact title is unknown.)
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