Sand and flame

Open with a survey of the development of glass-making and the art of the early glass-blower. Shows manufacture of wide range of glass products, including the automatic bottle-making process; manufacture of fine glass tubing; transformation of glass marbles into glass fibre; production of glass bricks; furnacing, rolling, cutting, grinding and polishing of plate glass; manufacture of shatter-proof plate glass.

Credits

production company

Jam Handy Organization

Duration

00:19:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1944

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

28177

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manufacturing processes

Crafts & Visual Arts → Glass craft

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/72470--sand-and-flame/ |title=Sand and flame |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=23 July 2021 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

United States, 1944

Please note