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DetailsOriginal Format: Standard 8 Colour: Colour Sound: Silent Duration: 10 mins 45 secs
Subject: INDUSTRY WORKING LIFE
Summary This film was made to show the commissioning day of the new furnaces for Swift Levick, steel producers in Sheffield.
Description This film was made to show the commissioning day of the new furnaces for Swift Levick, steel producers in Sheffield.
It shows one of the furnaces in operation, making jet engine steel.
The operatives seen include the melter, the ladleman, the mould man and the ingot cleaner. The film shows the melting of two lots of steel and the casting into ingot moulds.
Afterwards the furnace is shut down, and the workmen enjoy a celebratory drink of beer.
