| TWO MILLIONS A DAY - A TRAM TICKET TALE Manufacturing Tram Tickets | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6800 |
| Catalog #: | 446594 | |
| Clip Number: | 446594-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 305 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | London, England | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Printing & Publishing | |
| Description: | TWO MILLIONS A DAY! A TRAM TICKET TALE Making tram tickets. The processes involved in making tram tickets are shown step by step. London Paper on big rollers being cut into narrower strips on machine. MCU machine detail. MS the long strip threaded through more machinery. CUs. lines are now dyed on the strip. MLS worker carries big roll and stacks it on top of others. Printing machine, worker stands beside it CU cylinder of rows of raised numbers which change as it revolves so each ticket gets a different number. Woman worker and 2 men by machine as printed tickets come out. The woman tears off a bunch of tickets and takes them. Women standing at tables doing something with stacks of tickets in strips. MCU women inching stacked ticket strips through machine. CU same. MCU women sit quickly tying string round ticket bunches. CU same; girl's fingers are moving incredibly fast. MCU elderly man comes along and looks at ticket strips while women continue to work without pause. MS man operating cutting machine. MS girls sorting or packing or something tickets. MLS girls carrying stacks of tickets through dim warehouse to shelves. Manufacturing, industry, printing, factory, machinery, machines, workers, women workers, tickets, skilled labor | |
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