| GLASS Good educational film about the making of a glass jar at a glass factory. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7273 |
| Catalog #: | 254832 | |
| Clip Number: | 254832-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 145 | |
| Timecode: | 01:35:33 - 01:37:24 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Glass LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | GLASS - With Care ! M/S from inside a glass factory, of workman pulling molten glass out of a furnace on the end of a blow pipe. L/S's of the glass being moulded into shape to make a jar. The narrator informs us that "the process is one of almost continuous movement.". L/S's of the glass being spun around. L/S of the glass being placed back in the oven. M/S of the workman blowing down the pipe to expand the pipe. Several more shots of the jar being made. After the main jar shape is complete it is again "subjected to the furnace in order to make it pliable to work upon it." M/S of blob of molten glass being added to the side of the jar, stretched and then reattached in a loop to form the handle. | |
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