Introduction to the Midvale Steel facilities in Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with exterior pan shots of the plant and adjacent Reading Railroad lines. The beginning of a series showing large ingot used to produce gun tubes.
A long tracking shot of a building interior containing large boring machines and finishing lathes; workers preparing and pouring molten steel into ingot molds.
Footage of the various steps to forge gun tubes and armor plates at the Midvale Steel facilities in Nicetown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Shows scenes of machines and plant workers.
Bond Brothers Photography (Philadelphia, Pa.) (photographer)
Description
Written on verso: '[see 1927 Patents]' The Camden Iron Works was fist established in 1845 by John F. Starr, Sr., who built the plant on the north side of Bridge Avenue above Third Street. His brother, Jesse W. Starr, joined the company in 1847, and the plant was enlarged. It manufactured steam pipes and gas works machinery. The Starrs retired by 1870, and, after going out of blast around the year 1880, the plant was purchased by the stock company R. D. Wood & Co. in 1883. Show moreWritten on verso: '[see 1927 Patents]' The Camden Iron Works was fist established in 1845 by John F. Starr, Sr., who built the plant on the north side of Bridge Avenue above Third Street. His brother, Jesse W. Starr, joined the company in 1847, and the plant was enlarged. It manufactured steam pipes and gas works machinery. The Starrs retired by 1870, and, after going out of blast around the year 1880, the plant was purchased by the stock company R. D. Wood & Co. in 1883. Show less
American Iron and Steel Institute (sponsor), Walt Disney Company (production company), Clark, Les (director), Dobkin, Lawrence (narrator), Love, Jim (editor of moving image work), Bosche, William R. (screenwriter), O'Connor, A. Kendall (art director)
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Film covers the history and production of steel, beginning with an animated sequence showing geological creation of iron ore. Animation continues with Donald Duck as a colonial iron worker. Live sequences show the restored Saugus Iron Works in Massachusetts, then modern steel production, including mining, transportation, blast furnaces, pollution control equipment, steel furnaces, steel rolling, research laboratories, and modern uses of steel.
Republic Steel Corporation (sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (production company), Siedel, Frank (screenwriter)
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Film explains the need for iron ore and Republic Steel Corporation's mining of taconite and importing of ore from Liberia to resolve this issue. Also depicts Republic's titanium alloy production, manufacturing of nuts and bolts, production of iron powder, plastic tubing and research in agriculture. Includes animated statistics on sales, operating revenue, employment and income.
Republic Steel Corporation (sponsor), Cinecraft, Inc. (production company)
Description
Film describes the many jobs and skills that are necessary in the production of steel. Covers subjects such as equipment, diversification, research and safety.
