The making of a steel bumper by a machine press is used to illustrate the skill of the makers of press tools, the punch and the die, by means of which quantities of bumpers can be produced with a minimum of skilled labour. A vocational guidance film showing the skilled work of the tool maker in large-scale production engineering.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
006623
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Machinery
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manufacturing processes
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mass production
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Occupations
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Vocational guidance
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Machinery
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Vocational guidance
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Engineering
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Machine-tools
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)