Episode of Series “Mechanical Drawing”.
This film shows how finished drawings are used as detailed instructions in every step of manufacturing. From the drafting room the drawings are seen going to the blue-printing machine to the reproduced by the dozens or hundreds and distributed to all those workmen who will have a part in making the finished project, The film then shows many of these workmen at their jobs using blueprints in the pattern-making assembly shop, the foundry, the forging shop, and the assembly room.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
009766
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Drafting and industrial drawings
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manufacturing processes
Crafts & Visual Arts → Drawing
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)