1950-1959INDUSTRY/MANUFACTURING
STEEL INDUSTRY, 1950s
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PAN IRON-ORE MINING SITE. CRANE DIGS FROM BANK OF ORE. CU CRANE OPERATOR. DRESSED LIKE A TRAIN ENGINEER, BLUE JEAN COVERALLS AND ENGINEER'S CAP CU IRON ORE. LOADED ONTO HOPPER CARS. OPEN PIT MINING
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TRAIN CREW SIGNALS ENGINEER. CU ENGINEER LEANING OUT OF CAR
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MONTAGE UNDERGROUND MINING. MINERS DRILLING. COAL CARS ON OVERHEAD TRACK. EXTREMELY LONG LINE OF FREIGHT CARS FILLED WITH IRON ORE SNAKE ACROSS LANDSCAPE
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ORE BOATS BEING LOADED. GREAT LAKES. ORE BINS DOCKS. LOADING CHUTES LOWERED. IRON ORE POURING DOWN CHUTE INTO ORE BOAT. TRANSPORTING RAW MATERIALS. ORE BOATS GOING OUT IN GREAT LAKE.
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ORE TRANSPORT BOAT. OPERATORS DWARFED INSIDE HUGE GRAB BUCKETS WHICH ARE USED TO UNLOAD THE ORE
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OPERATORS RIDING IN THE CAB OF A CLAMSHELL BUCKET ALONG AN ORE BRIDGE. ORE MOVED THROUGH STORAGE YARD TO FACTORY ACROSS BRIDGE. 8-TON SKIP HOIST DUMPS RAW MATERIALS INTO BLAST FURNACE
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INTERIOR STEEL MILL. STEEL WORKERS ON THE CASTING FLOOR. POT-BELLIED STEEL WORKER LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH.
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WORKERS STAB AN OXYGEN TORCH THROUGH A HOLE, FIERY LINE OF MOLTEN IRON STREAMS THROUGH CASTING FLOOR. IN HUGE LADLE. WORKER PULLS LEVER, GATE IS RAISED, HOT MOLTEN STEEL FLOWS TO SECOND LADLE.
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OUTSIDE VIEW OF THE LADLE
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MAKING STEEL CAST. TEST SPECIMEN TAKEN. PIPE SMOKING STEEL WORKER SCOOPS OUT MOLTEN STEEL, POURS INTO TEST MOLD.
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BLACK STEEL WORKER HANDS SAMPLE TO FOREMAN, FOREMAN WRITES ON NOTE PAD, BIG POT-BELLIED MAN SMACKS WORKER ON THE ARM IN GOOD JOB GESTURE.
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ENGINEER DRIVING SPECIAL TRAIN OF LIQUID IRON TO MIXER.
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INTERIOR STEEL MILL. OPEN HEARTH STEEL FURNACE OPERATOR HANDLING CHARGING MACHINE, THRUSTS IT INTO FURNACE.
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MOLTEN METAL COMBINED WITH MELTED SCRAP, CU CRANE OPERATOR FILLING LADLE. HUGE HOOKS PICK UP LADLE & TRANSPORT TO FURNACE
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OLDER WORKER BREAKS OFF PIECE OF CANDY AND GIVES PIECE TO YOUNGER WORKER
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HUGE LADLE POURS MOLTEN CHARGE INTO BLAZING FURNACE. PIPE SMOKING FURNACE HAND WAVES ON CRANE OPERATOR. BEAUTIFUL INDUSTRIAL FOOTAGE
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OLD TIMER WORKERS SMOKE PIPES AND READ GRAPH CHART
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HELPER DIPS HIS TEST SPOON INTO FURNACE. TAKING TEST SAMPLE. SAMPLE POURED INTO TEST MOLD.
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MONTAGE STEEL WORKERS CIRCA 1950s. TWO LOOK AT CHART. TWO WORKERS EATING PEANUTS. POT BELLIED WORKER LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH. PUTS ON BLUE FILTERED SPECIAL EYEGLASSES ON TO CHECK FURNACE.
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POV LOOKING INTO STEEL MILL OPEN HEARTH FURNACE.
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MEN WEARING SPECIAL BLUE FILTERED GLASSES PEER INTO OPEN HEARTH CHECKING ON FURNACE
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WORKER BRINGS LOAD OF MATERIALS IN WHEEL BARROW, EMPTIES ONTO FLOOR. FURNACE FEEDERS WEARING BLUE FILTERED GLASSES SCOOP IT UP AND FEED INTO OPEN HEARTH FURNACE
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WORKER BANGS GONG. WORKERS STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO POUR STEEL. RAMMING RODS. TAPPING FURNACE. OXYGEN TORCH BURNS THROUGH CLAY WHICH PLUGS TAPPING HOLE. UN-CORKING THE HOLE. MANY WORKERS TOGETHER USING RAMMING ROD. MOLTEN STEEL.
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STEEL WORKER LIGHTS A CIGARETTE. WAITING FOR LADLE TO FILL. SLAG FLOATS ON TOP OF STEEL, FLOWING INTO SLAG POT. CRANE OPERATOR PUSHING LEVERS ON GIGANTIC LADLE. HUGE CAULDRON
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CRANEMAN MANEUVERS LADLE INTO POSITION AT THE POURING PLATFORM.
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STOPPER RELEASED, RED HOT MOLTEN STEEL FLOWS INTO MOLDS.
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QUALITY TEST PERFORMED
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POURING PROCESS. YOUNG APPRENTICE LEARNS FROM THE OLD TIMERS. MEASURING TEMPERATURE WITH OPTICAL PYROMETER.
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POV MOLTEN STEEL THROUGH PYROMETER.
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COOLING INGOTS IN MOLDS
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FOREMAN CHANGES SIGN: "OPEN HEARTH NO. 5 NUMBER OF DAYS WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT" SAFETY SIGN.
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PRODUCTION OF ALLOY STEEL IN AN ELECTRIC FURNACE.
HUGE ELECTRODES SUSPENDED OVER MASS OF SCRAP SLOWLY CREEP DOWN. TWO WORKERS PUT ON BLUE TINTED GLASSES TO OBSERVE. |
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POV WATCHING ALLOY STEEL BEING PRODUCED IN ELECTRIC FURNACE.
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WORKERS FEEDING HUGE CAULDRON OF MOLTEN ALLOY STEEL.
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CU MAW OF BESSEMER CONVERTER. BLAST FURNACE.
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FURNACE OPERATORS. PRODUCING STEEL FROM SCRAP METAL IN BESSEMER CONVERTOR. ELECTRIC FURNACE.
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COOLED INGOTS IN STRIPPING YARD. MACHINE STRIPS MOLDS OFF INGOTS. RED HOT GLOWING INGOTS REVEALED AS MOLD IS STRIPPED OFF. GLOWING INGOTS ON CONVEYOR
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REHEATING INGOTS IN SOAKING PITS. SOAK IN BATH OF FLAME WHICH RESTORES THEIR TEMPERATURE.
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WHISTLE SOUNDS. OPERATORS MOVE HUGE RED HOT INGOT FROM SOAKING PIT TO ROLLING CONVEYOR. INGOTS MOVED TO ROLLERS. PASS THROUGH ROLLING MILL WHICH MAKES THE STEEL THINNER
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STEEL WORKERS COMMUNICATE BY PHONE. PHONING DIMENSIONS AND ADJUSTMENTS
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CU MILL LIGHTS, GAUGE MOVES TO "GO".
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WHITE HOT SLAB OF STEEL SLIDING DOWN TOWARD EDGING ROLLERS. REMOVES THE SCALE FROM THE STEEL THEN INTO THE SPREADER TO INCREASE ITS WIDTH.
CHECKED, THEN ENTERS THE REVERSING MILL. REDUCING PROCESS. THEN IN FINISHING MILL, MAKING THE STEEL PROGRESSIVELY THINNER. |
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HUGE ROCKING SHEAR, SHEARS CUTS STEEL
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1950s STEEL MILL WORKERS TAKE A BREAK FOR REFRESHMENTS. MILL EQUIVALENT OF THE WATER COOLER
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STEEL MILL MANUFACTURE OF SHEET STEEL. STEEL ROLLED THINNER AND THINNER, CLEANED WITH ACIDS, COLD ROLLED IN COILS. CU COLD ROLLED SHEET
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FEMALE FACTORY WORKERS FLIPPING SHEETS OF TIN COATED COLD ROLLED STEEL. INSPECTING SHINY SURFACED FINISHED STEEL PLATE. VEIN FEMALE FACTORY WORKER STOPS TO LOOK AT HER REFLECTION IN THE SHINY STEEL. FEMININE VANITY. TIN MILL
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RED HOT RAIL BAR MOVING THROUGH ROLLS. CU RED HOT BAR BEING CUT, SLICED BY HUGE SAW
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HUGE HOT INGOT, ROLLING GIANT BEAMS. OPERATOR TRIPS THE SWITCH. FORMING STEEL. BEAM COMES OUT OF FINISHING STEM
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BEAM SLIDES DOWN ROLLERS, COMES TO A STOP AT HUGE SAW WHICH CUTS IT INTO LENGTHS
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STEEL WORKERS TAKE A SAMPLE FROM A HOT BEAM USE HOT BEAM TO HEAT COFFEE IN COFFEE POT. DUAL ROLE! NARRATOR PUTS ON FAKE IRISH ACCENT
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WORKERS AT AXEL FORGE, IMMENSE HAMMERS SHAPES STEEL, BEATING IN INTO SHAPE
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MILL CREW WAITS THEIR TURN
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WORKERS TURN STEEL WHILE HUGE HAMMER SHAPES IT AXEL FORGE
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RAILROAD WHEELS PRODUCED IN STEEL PLANT. WHEEL BLOCK ROLLED BETWEEN TWO HALVES OF WHEEL MOLD SLOWLY PRESSED DOWN. SECOND MOLD SLIDES SLOWLY UNDERNEATH, FINAL SHAPING IN FINISHING MOLD.
FINISHING MILL. |
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WORKERS IN FRONT OF "TAKE NO RISK" SIGN IN STEEL MILL. PULL LEVERS WHICH RELEASE THE ROUGH WHEEL AND SEND IT TO THE CALIPER MAN
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BILLETS EMERGE FROM REHEATING FURNACE, SHAPED AS THE ROLL DOWN THE LINE. SPEED INCREASES. INSIDE COILER, WOUND INTO COIL
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WORKER OPERATES HUGE DIE, HEAVY WIRE PULLED THINNER. GOES INTO HUGE DRUM, PULLED EVEN THINNER OPERATOR MEASURES GAUGE. WIRE DRAWING
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WORKER MOVES LOAD OF WIRE COILS THROUGH ROOM FULL OF WIRE COILS
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PIPE AND TUBES PRODUCTION. RED GOT INGOTS SHAPED BY BENDING A FLAT STRIP (SKELP) OF HOT STEEL INTO CYLINDRICAL FORM. TUBE OF STEEL.
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RAIL CAR OF HUGE TUBES MOVED THROUGH MILL YARD
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MILL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT, SCIENTISTS WORK WITH STEEL, STEEL UNDER MICROSCOPE. METALLURGIST
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METALLURGIST WORKS WITH PIECE OF CORTEND STEEL.
GETTING THE TENSILE TEST. STRETCHING PIECE OF STEEL, CU GAUGE. FINDING BREAKING POINT. STEEL SNAPS. |
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METALLURGIST OPEN MINIATURE FURNACE IN LABORATORY WORKING ON DEVELOPMENT OF STAINLESS STEEL
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WORKER POLISHING LARGE PIECE OF STAINLESS STEEL
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MANY MINERS LEAVING WORK, WEARING MINER'S HELMETS WORKERS CROSS FOOT BRIDGE. MILL WORKERS ON LONG LINE RECEIVE THEIR PAY. OLD MAN OPENS HIS PAYCHECK
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FAMILY PICKS UP FATHER, HUSBAND AT WORK. LITTLE GIRL RUNS INTO FATHER'S ARMS. DADDY PICKS DAUGHTER UP SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU DARLING
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MILL WORKERS LEAVING IN 1950s CARS
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THINGS MADE FROM STEEL. TRANSPORTATION SEQUENCE.
STREAMLINE TRAIN. CARGO SHIP. CARS ON HIGHWAY. |
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TILT DOWN ELECTRICAL TOWER
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FARMER'S KIDS AND DOG WATCH AS HE PLOWS HIS FIELDS THROUGH STEEL FENCING
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OIL DERRICKS DRILLING TILT UP DERRICK
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1950s HOUSEWIFE COOKING WITH STAINLESS STEEL POTS AND PANS. DRAIN IN HER STEEL KITCHEN SINK
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CU MAN HAMMERING NAILS
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1950s PIANIST, WOMAN PLAYS PIANO
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WOMAN EMPTIES CANNED TOMATOES INTO POT ON STOVE
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JEWELER USES LOUPE TO FIX POCKET WATCH
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NEW YORK SKYSCRAPERS TALL BUILDINGS OF STEEL
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PAN STEEL SUSPENSION BRIDGE. VERRAZANO NARROWS.
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FILM ENDS
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