00:01:24 1.5 |
IRON ORE. MINING. CRANE. WORKER IN DENIM
OVERALLS WORKING CRANE. PULLING LEVERS. HUGE MOUND OF DIRT DUG UP. DUMPED ONTO RAILROAD CAR. |
00:02:16 53.5 |
TRAIN CONDUCTOR GIVES HAND SIGNALS. TRAIN
ENGINE WITH CONDUCTOR STICKING HIS HEAD OUT WINDOW. |
00:02:32 69.5 |
JACK HAMMER. HARD HATS WITH LIGHTS. MINING
HATS. VERY LONG CARGO TRAIN. CANAL. GREAT LAKES. LOADING SHOOTS. |
00:03:09 106.5 |
IRON ORE SLIDING DOWN TROUGHS.
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00:03:34 131.5 |
HUGE CARGO SHIP. HUGE GRAB BUCKETS. WORKERS
NAVIGATE FROM INSIDE. ELEVATED RAILROAD TRACK MOVING ORE. |
00:05:14 231.5 |
WORKERS STANDING BY BLAST FURNACE. MAN PUTS
CIGARETTE IN HIS MOUTH. WORKER LOOKS AT POCKET WATCH. SUPERVISOR FOREMAN GIVES SIGNAL. |
00:05:35 252.5 |
MOLTEN IRON. BLAST FURNACE. WORKER PULLS
LEVER. DIRTY SWEATY. GOGGLES. |
00:05:58 275.5 |
MOLTEN IRON FLOWING. POURS INTO LADEL.
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00:06:26 303.5 |
WORKER TAKES SAMPLE. POURS IT INTO MOLD CAST.
SMOKING PIPE. MEN CHECK SAMPLE. BLACK WORKER. |
00:06:55 332.5 |
TRAIN PULLING AWAY.
|
00:07:10 347.5 |
BLAST FURNACE. MAN CONTROLS HUGE MACHINE THAT
PUTS METAL INTO FURNACE. CU MAN PULLS LEVERS METAL GOING INTO FURNACE. |
00:07:50 387.5 |
MOLTEN IRON POURING. WORKER USING CONTROLS
ABOVE HIS HEAD. |
00:08:09 406.5 |
CHEWING TOBACCO. STEEL WORKERS.
|
00:08:19 416.5 |
POURING MOLTEN IRON.
|
00:08:58 455.5 |
SMOKING PIPE. PRIMITIVE COMPUTER READ OUT.
|
00:09:25 482.5 |
CU MOLTEN IRON POURED INTO MOLD CAST. SPARKS.
|
00:09:39 496.5 |
WORKERS LOOKING AT CHART. VISOR.
|
00:09:48 505.5 |
WORKERS SHARE SNACK. MAN PUTS ON GLASSES
GOGGLES LOOKS IN FURNACE. CU IRON IN BLAST FURNACE. |
00:10:25 542.5 |
WORKERS SHOVEL METAL INTO FURNACE.
WHEELBARROW. COOL SHOT FROM INSIDE FURNACE. |
00:10:52 570.5 |
WORKER BANGS GONG. LUNCH TIME. WORKERS QUIT
AND GO TO LUNCH. |
00:11:11 588.5 |
MEN PUSH POLE INTO FURNACE. MOLTEN IRON POURS.
STEAM SMOKE. SPARKS FLYING. WORKER LIGHTS CIGARETTE. |
00:13:03 700.5 |
CRANE FULL OF MOLTEN IRON MOVES TOWARDS MOLDS.
WORKER GUIDES CRANE. IRON POURS INTO MOLD. WORKER TAKES SAMPLE. OPTICAL PEROMETER. CU MOLTEN STEEL POURING. |
00:14:15 772.5 |
SPARKS POURING OVER THE SIDE OF THE MOLDS.
|
00:14:27 784.5 |
SIGN "NUMBER OF DAYS WITHOUT A LOST TIME
ACCIDENT". WORKER CHANGES NUMBER FROM 210 TO 211. |
00:14:44 801.5 |
TWO WORKERS LOOK IN FURNACE. CU FURNACE.
EXPLOSIONS. |
00:15:35 852.5 |
MOLTEN METAL POURING INTO CAULDRON. WORKERS
SHOVELING IN METAL. |
00:15:59 876.5 |
MOLTEN METAL POURING INTO MOLDS.
|
00:16:22 899.5 |
WORKERS AT CONTROLS. PULLING LEVERS CHORDS.
BESSEMER CONVERTERS. METAL POURING. EXPLOSIONS HUGE BURST OF FLAMES. SPARKS. |
00:18:04 1001.5 |
CRANE PULLS MOLD OFF. METAL STILL GLOWING.
GLOWING METAL PULLED ON FLATBED RAILROAD CAR. |
00:19:00 1057.5 |
METAL REHEATED. WORKERS BEHIND SCREEN AT
CONTROLS. CRANE PULLS GLOWING STEEL OUT OF FURNACE. |
00:19:55 1112.5 |
GLOWING METAL INGOT GOING DOWN CONVEYER BELT.
WATER BEING POURED ON METAL. LARGE DIALS. |
00:20:41 1159.5 |
WORKERS ANSWERS PHONE. CU DIAL. ARROW STOPS ON
"OK". GREEN LIGHT TURNS ON. |
00:21:06 1183.5 |
FLAT GLOWING PIECE OF METAL TRAVELS DOWN
CONVEYER BELT. TURNS. |
00:21:41 1219.5 |
WATER SPRAYED ON METAL. GOES THROUGH RINGER.
FLATTENED OUT. |
00:22:39 1276.5 |
VERY THIN LONG PIECE OF METAL ON CONVEYOR BELT.
|
00:23:09 1306.5 |
ROCKING SHEAR. CUTS METAL INTO SMALLER PIECES.
|
00:23:36 1333.5 |
MEN DRINK SODA COLA AT COUNTER.
|
00:23:52 1350.5 |
WORKER AT HUGE MACHINE. MAN PATS WORKER ON
BACK. HUGE ROLLER. |
00:24:13 1370.5 |
FEMALE WOMEN WORKERS SORTING SHEETS OF METAL.
WOMAN CHECKS HAIR IN METAL SHEET. |
00:24:55 1412.5 |
GLOWING METAL RAIL ROLLS OUT OF MACHINE. RAILS
PASS EACH OTHER. |
00:25:31 1448.5 |
HUGE BUZZ SAWS CUT RAILS INTO SMALL PIECES.
SPARKS FLY. |
00:26:09 1486.5 |
STEEL GIRDER IS MADE. WORKER AT CONTROLS. SAW
CUT GIRDER. |
00:27:55 1592.5 |
MEN GRAB SMALL SAMPLE OF GIRDER WITH METAL
CLAWS. USE IT TO HEAT UP COFFEE. WORKERS POUR COFFEE. |
00:28:35 1632.5 |
WORKERS PUSH METAL INTO MACHINE. GIANT HAMMER
POUNDS METAL INTO SHAPE. |
00:29:22 1679.5 |
WORKERS TAKE A BREAK RELAX.
|
00:29:43 1700.5 |
MACHINE MAKES RAILROAD WHEELS.
|
00:30:35 1753.5 |
SIGN ABOVE WORKERS. "TAKE ON RISK". WORK PLACE
SAFETY. |
00:31:01 1778.5 |
METAL IS SHAPED INTO LONG THIN RAILS.
|
00:31:54 1832.5 |
COMES OUT AS THIN WIRE. SPUN INTO A ROLL OF
METAL COIL. |
00:32:35 1872.5 |
WORKER MEASURES WIDTH OF WIRE. COILS OF WIRE
SPINNING AROUND. |
00:33:09 1906.5 |
COILS OF WIRE ARE PULLED BY BULLDOZER.
|
00:33:22 1919.5 |
METAL TUBE IS MADE.
|
00:34:11 1968.5 |
MAN STANDING ON FRONT OF MOVING TRAIN ENGINE.
LARGE TUBES ON FLATBED TRAIN CAR. |
00:34:19 1976.5 |
LABORATORY. EXPERIMENTS DONE ON STEEL SAMPLES.
|
00:34:39 1996.5 |
MAN LOOKS IN MICROSCOPE.
|
00:34:50 2007.5 |
MACHINE STRETCHING PIECE OF STEEL.
|
00:34:59 2016.5 |
DIAL. NEEDLE MOVING.
|
00:35:05 2022.5 |
PIECE OF STEEL BREAKS SNAPS.
|
00:35:20 2037.5 |
MAN CLEANS REFLECTING PIECE OF METAL.
|
00:35:25 2042.5 |
STEEL WORKERS WALKING INTO PLANT. MAN LOOKS AT
PAYCHECK. PAY DAY. |
00:35:47 2064.5 |
MOTHER AND KIDS PICK UP FATHER AT WORK. FATHER
KISSES DAUGHTER. CARS PULLING OUT OF PLANT. QUITTING TIME. |
00:36:04 2081.5 |
TRAIN. SHIP. CARS ON HIGHWAY. HIGH TENSION
WIRES. FARMER ON TRACTOR. KIDS WATCH. OIL WELL. |
00:36:52 2129.5 |
MOTHER WIFE WOMAN COOKING IN KITCHEN. POTS
PANS. MAN HAMMERING. CONSTRUCTION. WOMAN PLAYING PIANO. CAN OF TOMATOES POURING INTO GLASS BOWL. |
00:37:11 2148.5 |
MAN FIXING POCKET WATCH. LOW ANGLE CITY
BUILDINGS. BRIDGE. |
Description: THE STEEL INDUSTRY
Keywords: factory worker
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