| Rubber Industry | ||
|---|---|---|
| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1931 |
| Catalog #: | 517185 | |
| Clip Number: | 517185-3 | |
| Orginal Film: | HFR-MIS-16-357 | |
| Timecode: | 01:27:24 - 01:30:10 | |
| Location: | Brazil/United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HORTICULTURE/PLANTS & TREES: Rubber INDUSTRY: Rubber LOCATIONS/SOUTH AMERICA: Brazil | |
| Description: | Title Card: 'Young rubber trees. Trees begin to produce rubber when they are five years old.' Traveling shot of grove of young rubber trees. Title Card: 'Latex is thickened by chemicals.' MS chemicals being poured onto latex. CU chemicals, latex and funneling process. MS men lifting large bricks of congealed latex. Title Card: 'The thickened latex is first formed into large blocks.' MS men cutting into latex blocks. CU as knife slices though latex, looks like slicing bread. Title card: 'Then it is rolled and squeezed into sheets.' MS men putting latex through rolling machine. GV sheets of latex hanging to dry. CU latex sheet. Title card: 'In this form it is shipped to the United States.' GV oxen drawn carts rolling down street. Title card: 'Before rubber can be used as a fabric, it must be vulcanized by adding sulphur and heating.' MS men in U.S. factory, they roll black rubber on thick pin. Title card: 'Here rubber is being cut into strips for tires.' MS melted rubber being poured into rolling machine. MS strips of rubber moving down conveyor. Title Card: 'The strips are cut into lengths and shaped.' MS strips of rubber moving down conveyor and being cut by large blade. Title card: 'After which the vulcanizing and shaping is completed by heating under pressure.' MS man at machine with inner tube, heat is applied and then pressure. MSs men opening molds and removing tires. MS tires on moving hooks. Title card: 'Here is the final testing of some of the 14,000,000 tires used annually in the United States alone.' High angle tracking shot of tires moving along conveyor, workers pull tires off as they pass by. Title card: 'The End.' | |
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