| Aluminum Processing Plant | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 810 |
| Catalog #: | 434882 | |
| Clip Number: | 434882-1 | |
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| Location: | USA | |
| Year Shot: | 1957 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Metal, Aluminum | |
| Description: | Slated scenes with date. Thin ribbons of aluminum emerge from machine which appears to be cutting these from a larger roll 01:00:11 MS worker at machine with rollers and steam; a large roll of sheet aluminum rolls off (perhaps after being cut?) 01:00:16 CU wide sheet of aluminum spooling off machine (brief); high angle shot of cutting machine which cuts large roll sheet into thin strips (two takes) 01:00:57 LS machine with rollers, steaming profusely. A large silver block of aluminum rols into place beneath a torrent of spray -- perhaps water for cooling, or some sort of coating. It goes into the spray (which looks like liquid gray liquid) and emerges 01:01:41 same process with larger block 01:02:05 CU machine which extracts blocks of raw aluminum from molds; CU machine cutting off large sheets of aluminum 01:02:29 CU sheets of aluminum removed by hand as they spool onto rollers after cutting 01:02:48 CU thick belt of alumin being straightened, compressed by successive roller; camera tracks along with the metal as it is straightened and compressed 01:03:13 more blocks rolling into machine for spraying and coating, but these do not emerge, but are followed by another 01:03:35 CU sheet aluminum spooling off large roll into machine for cutting. Another roll moves into place to continue the process 01:04:13 CU molds being poured full of molten aluminum 01:04:36 CU machine cutting sheets into ribbons 01:05:01 MS two workers pulling sheets of aluminum off roller from cutting machine and stacking neatly 01:05:33 CU different shapes of structural elements made of aluminum -- studio shot with the array of shapes and forms rotating beneath the camera: pipe sections, conduits, I-beams; all are cut to about an inch thickness for this display 01:06:22 CU machine rolling flattened aluminum onto large roll, water dripping to cool it off (two takes) 01:07:07 CU ribbons of aluminum spooling off machine 01:07:52 high angle shot roll of sheet of aluminum; another machine to start the roll lowers onto an empty spool 01:09:16 LS machine with sprayers taking in long band of aluminum 01:09:59 CU band of aluminum moving along rollers; camera tracks along with it, and we can see workers on lower level | |
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