Shop procedures

United States, 1947

Film
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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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Credits

production company

Pathescope Company of America

Duration

00:16:22:00

Production places
United States
Production dates
1947

Appears in

Mechanical Drawing

Group of items

Mechanical Drawing

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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

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)

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