A survey of the continuous aluminium strip rolling mill at Rogerstone, where modern machinery, mechanical handling and efficient factory layout enable single ingots of aluminium to be rolled in continuous lengths of as much as 3,500 feet. The opening of this mill in 1950 increased Britain’s aluminium sheet rolling capacity by one-third.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009240
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Aluminum
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Factory management
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial efficiency
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial productivity
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industries - Great Britain
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Machinery
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manufacturing processes
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mechanization
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mills and mill-work
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work environment
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Machinery
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Aluminum
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)