00:00:20 0 |
EXTERIOR U. S. MINT BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA. TILT
DOWN CORINTHIAN COLUMNS TO ENTRANCE. COUPLE WALKS INTO BUILDING FLANKED BY GUARDS |
00:00:47 26.4 |
INTERIOR US MINT BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA, 1930s
PERMANENT DISPLAYS HISTORY OF MONEY MAKING, IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS |
00:01:03 42.4 |
MS, CU EARLY COIN PRESSING MACHINE
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00:01:14 53.4 |
MS, CU EARLY SCALES USED TO TEST THE WEIGHT OF
METALS IN THE 1800'S |
00:01:23 62.4 |
MRS. NELLIE ROSS, DIRECTOR OF THE MINT SHOWS MAN
COINS |
00:01:38 77.4 |
U.S. MINT ENGRAVING DEPARTMENT. CU ENGRAVER
WORKING ON COIN. ARTIST PUTTING FINISHING TOUCHES AND LETTERING ON COIN. PLASTER MODEL OF A DIME AND HARD METAL FORM. PROCESS OF COINAGE. |
00:02:38 137.4 |
CU COLLECTION OF SINGLE-FACED COINS. COIN DESIGNS.
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00:02:55 154.4 |
WORKER AT TRANSFER ENGRAVING MACHINE REPRODUCES
MECHANICALLY THE DESIGN OF A LARGE MODEL ON A SMALL MASTER. CU SMALL CUTTER CARVING OUT THE DESIGN |
00:03:22 181.4 |
CU BLANK PIECE OF STEEL PUT IN PRESSING MACHINE
CU DIAL SHOWING PRESSURE. CU STEEL BEFORE AND AFTER PRESSING MACHINE |
00:03:52 211.4 |
PROCESS OF MAKING COINS SHOWN, METAL BEING WEIGHED
OUT ON SCALE FOR PENNIES, ALLOY PLACED IN A BOX PURE COPPER BEADS ADDED. COPPER, TIN, ZINC METALLURGY. ALLOYS PLACED IN FURNACE, DOOR CLOSED, METALS MELTED. FLAMES BELCH FORTH. |
00:05:26 305.4 |
WORKER PLACES PROTECTIVE EYE GOGGLES ON, LOOKS
INTO FURNACE |
00:05:44 323.4 |
WORKER CAPS FURNACE. MOLTEN METAL POURS OUT INTO
CARRY, TRANSFERRED INTO A RACK, CU POURING MOLTEN METAL. CAST INTO BARS. |
00:06:16 355.4 |
WORKER TAKES COPPER ALLOY INGOTS OUT OF MOLD.
DIPS INTO CHEMICAL SOLUTION. |
00:06:36 375.4 |
WORKERS PASSING INGOTS THROUGH ROLLERS. INGOTS
ROLLED INTO STRIPS OF UNIFORM THICKNESS & QUALITY. |
00:06:57 396.4 |
WORKERS OPERATING PLANCHING PRESS, METAL STRIPS
RUN THROUGH MACHINES THAT PUNCH OUT CIRCULAR METAL DISKS CALLED PLANCHETS. |
00:07:16 415.4 |
PLANCHETS PLACED IN SPECIAL OVENS TO SOFTEN
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00:07:30 429.4 |
PLANCHETS IN TUMBLING BARRELS, SWIRLED AROUND
CU TUMBLING COINS |
00:07:47 446.4 |
WORKER DRAINS COINS IN WHEEL BARROW STRAINER
CU PILE OF PLANCHETS |
00:08:10 469.4 |
EMPLOYEES OPERATING STAMPING PRESSES, U S MINT.
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00:08:30 489.4 |
CU SLOW MOTION PRESSING COINS. CU FINISHED COINS
IN PILE. |
00:08:49 508.4 |
ROWS OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES INSPECT FINISHED COINS
QUALITY CHECK |
00:09:15 534.4 |
EMPLOYEES OPERATE 1930s COUNTING MACHINE.
COUNTING COINS, COINS PLACED IN SACKS. SACKS TIED CU SACKS OF MONEY COINS |
00:09:56 575.4 |
COINAGE MONTAGE: PILES OF COINS, MONEY
TRANSACTIONS, COINS ROLLING THROUGH PNEUMATIC TUBE, RINGING IN SALES IN CASH REGISTER. WOMAN WEIGHING HERSELF. |
00:10:13 592.4 |
FILM ENDS
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Description: THE U. S. MINT IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 1930s. FEDERAL AGENCY. DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY. MINTING PROCESS ILLUSTRATED. COINAGE. CURRENCY.
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