Defines automation and illustrates industrial applications of the principles of automation. Points out that automation can be applied to many different phases of manufacturing and a plant does not have to be fully automated to take advantage of present development. Automatic equipment is seen in operation in an electric bulb assembly plant, a pretzel factory, an automobile manufacturing plant. Mentions advantages of automation - increased efficiency, conservation of man-power, increased safety, improved quality.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010824
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Factory management
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial efficiency
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Industrial productivity
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Labor productivity
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manufacturing processes
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Automation - Social aspects
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)