Diamonds (1941)

Diamonds. M, S as hand lays out the diamond suit from a pack of cards. C, U of young lady wearing diamond brooch. C, U of girl s hand wearing diamond engagement ring and holding a cigarette. M, S of a man s diamond ring. M, S of diamond brooch on dapper looking man in top hat. M, S of a model of carbon atoms that make up a diamond. M, S of pretty formation of stalagmite. M, S of pieces of Agate rock. C, U of quartz crystal with ghost inside. Various shots of landscape marble, ruins marble from Florence and Calcite crystal. C, U diamond ring again. A diagram shows a diamond sandwiched between steel plates, the diamond pushes into the bottom plate without being fractured. M, S small piles of diamonds, C, U quartz crystal. A diagram shows diamond tipped boring drills. They show examples of how the diamonds could be used if they were plentiful and common, for example bearings on cars, diamond studded wheels and even diamond bricks They ponder what could replace the diamond if it became common, C, U