The Forge - A Classroom Film 1940-1949

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British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film.

Workers lift a large metal pipe and carry it into the forge. It is placed into a vice, marked and cut with a mechanised saw. The cut pipe is heated over hot coals then placed under a pressing machine. The red hot metal has a nail banged...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
70584
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:34:35:00 / 01:39:08:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
1375.06
Issue Date:
1940 - 1949

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