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DetailsOriginal Format: 16mm Colour: Black & White Sound: Silent Duration: 12 mins 50 secs Credits: ICI, Imperial Chemical Industries
Billingham Film Unit Genre: Industrial
Subject: INDUSTRY women WORKING LIFE
Summary Work motion studies in slow motion of ICI women workers on the production line filling ICI polythene sacks with granules of concentrated compact feed or fertiliser. Filmed during WWII.
Description Work motion studies in slow motion of ICI women workers on the production line filling ICI polythene sacks with granules of concentrated compact feed or fertiliser. Filmed during WWII.
Context Frank B. Gilbreth developed work analysis films between 1910 and 1924 showing a number of industrial operations from which the motion study technique was developed.