- Title: F-5083
- Summary: STEEL INDUSTRY: THE STEEL INDUSTRY
- Description:00:01:24 - IRON ORE. MINING. CRANE. WORKER IN DENIM OVERALLS WORKING CRANE. PULLING LEVERS. HUGE MOUND OF DIRT DUG UP. DUMPED ONTO RAILROAD CAR. 00:02:16 - TRAIN CONDUCTOR GIVES HAND SIGNALS. TRAIN ENGINE WITH CONDUCTOR STICKING HIS HEAD OUT WINDOW. 00:02:32 - JACK HAMMER. HARD HATS WITH LIGHTS. MINING HATS. VERY LONG CARGO TRAIN. CANAL. GREAT LAKES. LOADING SHOOTS. 00:03:09 - IRON ORE SLIDING DOWN TROUGHS. 00:03:34 - HUGE CARGO SHIP. HUGE GRAB BUCKETS. WORKERS NAVIGATE FROM INSIDE. ELEVATED RAILROAD TRACK MOVING ORE. 00:05:14 - WORKERS STANDING BY BLAST FURNACE. MAN PUTS CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH. WORKER LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH. SUPERVISOR FOREMAN GIVES SIGNAL. 00:05:35 - MOLTEN IRON. BLAST FURNACE. WORKER PULLS LEVER. DIRTY SWEATY. GOGGLES. 00:05:58 - MOLTEN IRON FLOWING. POURS INTO LADEL. 00:06:26 - WORKER TAKES SAMPLE. POURS IT INTO MOLD CAST. SMOKING PIPE. MEN CHECK SAMPLE. BLACK WORKER. 00:06:55 - TRAIN PULLING AWAY. 00:07:10 - BLAST FURNACE. MAN CONTROLS HUGE MACHINE THAT PUTS METAL INTO FURNACE. CU MAN PULLS LEVERS METAL GOING INTO FURNACE. 00:07:50 - MOLTEN IRON POURING. WORKER USING CONTROLS ABOVE HIS HEAD. 00:08:09 - CHEWING TOBACCO. STEEL WORKERS. 00:08:19 - POURING MOLTEN IRON. 00:08:58 - SMOKING PIPE. PRIMITIVE COMPUTER READ OUT. 00:09:25 - CU MOLTEN IRON POURED INTO MOLD CAST. SPARKS. 00:09:39 - WORKERS LOOKING AT CHART. VISOR. 00:09:48 - WORKERS SHARE SNACK. MAN PUTS ON GLASSES GOGGLES LOOKS IN FURNACE. CU IRON IN BLAST FURNACE. 00:10:25 - WORKERS SHOVEL METAL INTO FURNACE. WHEELBARROW. COOL SHOT FROM INSIDE FURNACE. 00:10:53 - WORKER BANGS GONG. LUNCH TIME. WORKERS QUIT AND GO TO LUNCH. 00:11:11 - MEN PUSH POLE INTO FURNACE. MOLTEN IRON POURS. STEAM SMOKE. SPARKS FLYING. WORKER LIGHTS CIGARETTE. 00:13:03 - CRANE FULL OF MOLTEN IRON MOVES TOWARDS MOLDS. WORKER GUIDES CRANE. IRON POURS INTO MOLD. WORKER TAKES SAMPLE. OPTICAL PEROMETER. CU MOLTEN STEEL POURING. 00:14:15 - SPARKS POURING OVER THE SIDE OF THE MOLDS. 00:14:27 - SIGN "NUMBER OF DAYS WITHOUT A LOST TIME ACCIDENT". WORKER CHANGES NUMBER FROM 210 TO 211. 00:14:44 - TWO WORKERS LOOK IN FURNACE. CU FURNACE. EXPLOSIONS. 00:15:35 - MOLTEN METAL POURING INTO CAULDRON. WORKERS SHOVELING IN METAL. 00:15:59 - MOLTEN METAL POURING INTO MOLDS. 00:16:22 - WORKERS AT CONTROLS. PULLING LEVERS CHORDS. BESSEMER CONVERTERS. METAL POURING. EXPLOSIONS HUGE BURST OF FLAMES. SPARKS. 00:18:04 - CRANE PULLS MOLD OFF. METAL STILL GLOWING. GLOWING METAL PULLED ON FLATBED RAILROAD CAR. 00:19:00 - METAL REHEATED. WORKERS BEHIND SCREEN AT CONTROLS. CRANE PULLS GLOWING STEEL OUT OF FURNACE. 00:19:55 - GLOWING METAL INGOT GOING DOWN CONVEYER BELT. WATER BEING POURED ON METAL. LARGE DIALS. 00:20:42 - WORKERS ANSWERS PHONE. CU DIAL. ARROW STOPS ON "OK". GREEN LIGHT TURNS ON. 00:21:06 - FLAT GLOWING PIECE OF METAL TRAVELS DOWN CONVEYER BELT. TURNS. 00:21:42 - WATER SPRAYED ON METAL. GOES THROUGH RINGER. FLATTENED OUT. 00:22:39 - VERY THIN LONG PIECE OF METAL ON CONVEYOR BELT. 00:23:09 - ROCKING SHEAR. CUTS METAL INTO SMALLER PIECES. 00:23:36 - MEN DRINK SODA COLA AT COUNTER. 00:23:53 - WORKER AT HUGE MACHINE. MAN PATS WORKER ON BACK. HUGE ROLLER. 00:24:13 - FEMALE WOMEN WORKERS SORTING SHEETS OF METAL. WOMAN CHECKS HAIR IN METAL SHEET. 00:24:55 - GLOWING METAL RAIL ROLLS OUT OF MACHINE. RAILS PASS EACH OTHER. 00:25:31 - HUGE BUZZ SAWS CUT RAILS INTO SMALL PIECES. SPARKS FLY. 00:26:09 - STEEL GIRDER IS MADE. WORKER AT CONTROLS. SAW CUT GIRDER. 00:27:55 - MEN GRAB SMALL SAMPLE OF GIRDER WITH METAL CLAWS. USE IT TO HEAT UP COFFEE. WORKERS POUR COFFEE. 00:28:35 - WORKERS PUSH METAL INTO MACHINE. GIANT HAMMER POUNDS METAL INTO SHAPE. 00:29:22 - WORKERS TAKE A BREAK RELAX. 00:29:43 - MACHINE MAKES RAILROAD WHEELS. 00:30:36 - SIGN ABOVE WORKERS. "TAKE ON RISK". WORK PLACE SAFETY. 00:31:01 - METAL IS SHAPED INTO LONG THIN RAILS. 00:31:55 - COMES OUT AS THIN WIRE. SPUN INTO A ROLL OF METAL COIL. 00:32:35 - WORKER MEASURES WIDTH OF WIRE. COILS OF WIRE SPINNING AROUND. 00:33:09 - COILS OF WIRE ARE PULLED BY BULLDOZER. 00:33:22 - METAL TUBE IS MADE. 00:34:11 - MAN STANDING ON FRONT OF MOVING TRAIN ENGINE. LARGE TUBES ON FLATBED TRAIN CAR. 00:34:19 - LABORATORY. EXPERIMENTS DONE ON STEEL SAMPLES. 00:34:39 - MAN LOOKS IN MICROSCOPE. 00:34:50 - MACHINE STRETCHING PIECE OF STEEL. 00:34:59 - DIAL. NEEDLE MOVING. 00:35:05 - PIECE OF STEEL BREAKS SNAPS. 00:35:20 - MAN CLEANS REFLECTING PIECE OF METAL. 00:35:25 - STEEL WORKERS WALKING INTO PLANT. MAN LOOKS AT PAYCHECK. PAY DAY. 00:35:47 - MOTHER AND KIDS PICK UP FATHER AT WORK. FATHER KISSES DAUGHTER. CARS PULLING OUT OF PLANT. QUITTING TIME. 00:36:04 - TRAIN. SHIP. CARS ON HIGHWAY. HIGH TENSION WIRES. FARMER ON TRACTOR. KIDS WATCH. OIL WELL. 00:36:52 - MOTHER WIFE WOMAN COOKING IN KITCHEN. POTS PANS. MAN HAMMERING. CONSTRUCTION. WOMAN PLAYING PIANO. CAN OF TOMATOES POURING INTO GLASS BOWL. 00:37:11 - MAN FIXING POCKET WATCH. LOW ANGLE CITY BUILDINGS. BRIDGE.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1950
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1950s
- File Name: F-5083