Summary

Footage Information

Archive Films by Getty Images
USA
AD-123 Beta SP; 16mm
Color
Travelogue
1940s
1940's, United States, Manhattan, street scenes, cities, urban, industry, manufacturing, ; fabricating, fabrication, raw materials, machine press, power press, punch press, component ; parts, industrial machinery, tools, metalworking, electronics, inductive coupling, voltages, ; power transmission, Hazard Reeves, sound recording, feminism, women workers, women in workplace, ; African American experience, experiments, testing, WWII, war time, home front, quartz crystals, ; minerals, factories, telecommunication, radio communication, power tools, 1940s style,
Industrial film from the 1940s produced by the Reeves-Ely Sound Laboratories about transformer manufacturing at the American Transformer Company. Great footage of women in the workplace with workers operating industrial machinery and fabricating transformer components. Also includes footage from the industrial film Crystals Go to War of workers unpacking, holding, and sawing through quartz crystals for the use in radio communications. ************************************************************************************************** 00:59:46:11 United States Roll 37b New York City TD skyscraper facade to city skyline. Factory workers entering building w security guards manning post outside. Reeves Sound Laboratories (Reeves-Ely Laboratories) door. Hudson American Corporation plaque sign. VS facade Hudson American Corporation building. Sign outside building for Hudson American Corporation. Facade American Transformer Company factory. HA workers pulling carts of transformers. 01:01:47:26 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS crane lift transporting transformers in factory. Crane lift transporting transformers onto factory floor workers unloading. (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, workers, working) 01:03:06:19 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS factory workers operating industrial machinery. Female workers working at work bench. VS male & female workers operating industrial machinery. (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, female workers, women in workplace, workers, working) 01:04:41:02 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. Female worker holding door open w high voltage sign for male worker pulling cart of transistors to enter workroom. Workers building assembling transformers on workbenches. (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, workers, working) VS electricity arcs in laboratory. (good shots, scientific principles, electricity) Factory foreman manager inspecting workers. 01:06:31:18 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS factory workers putting metal through machine presses (including power presses & punch presses). Welder at work (welding). (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, workers, metalworking) 01:09:39:17 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS black factory worker (African American) & female factory workers hanging transformer components on racks. (good shots, factories, black workers, female workers, women in workplace, womans rights) 01:11:15:19 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS workers operating metal cutting machines, cranking wheel & taking measurements. Spinning component of machine. Machine spouting out metal bits. (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, workers, metalworking) 01:12:38:05 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS male & female workers operating industrial machinery (including metal cutting machines). (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, female workers, women in workplace, womens rights, workers, working) 01:13:53:01 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS female workers operating industrial machinery. VS spinning components of machine. (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, female workers, women in workplace, womens rights) 01:15:37:08 INT factory VS worker unpacking boxes of crystals. CU hand holding quartz crystal. (good shots, raw materials, minerals, quartz crystals) Worker cleaning crystal piece & marking it. Worker sawing through crystal piece (power tools). VS male & female workers using mechanical saws (power tools). CU mechanical saw blade cutting through piece of paper. Liquid spouting on material component. 01:17:16:23 INT factory VS female workers operating industrial machinery. (good shots, 1940s style, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, female workers, women workers, women in workplace, womens rights) 01:18:48:25 INT factory VS female & male workers testing radio components. VS female workers seated at work benches assembling components. CU red nail polish on womans hands as she scrubs industrial parts (good shot). Female worker picking up supplies from workbench. (good shots, 1940s style, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, female workers, women workers, women in workplace, womens rights) VS female & male workers testing radio equipment. VS womans hand holding radio crystal unit. Womans hand putting radio crystal unit into rack. 01:20:48:24 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS factory workers operating industrial machinery. Female workers working at work bench. VS male & female workers operating industrial machinery, at work in factory. (good shots, 1940s style, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, female workers, women workers, women in workplace, workers, working) 01:23:04:19 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS electricity arcs in laboratory. Workers unloading transformers from crane lift. Spinning wheel of machine. VS factory workers putting metal through machine presses (including power presses & punch presses). Welder at work (welding). (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, workers, metalworking) 01:25:33:20 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS female workers operating industrial machines. VS CU machine components. Spray of liquid over machine. Worker cranking wheel of machine. Spinning component of machine. 01:27:19:23 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS factory workers operating industrial machines (including metal cutting machine). Factory foreman manager inspecting workers. (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, workers, metalworking) 01:29:19:06 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS factory workers putting metal through machine presses (including power presses & punch presses). CU female worker soldering metal parts. Welder at work (welding). (good shots, factories, industrial machinery, manufacturing, fabricating, workers, metalworking) 01:30:55:11 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS female workers operating industrial machines. VS florescent lights on factory floor. VS man operating industrial machine. VS facade factory building. TU from city skyline to skyscraper. VS electricity arcs in laboratory. 01:32:55:01 New York City INT American Transformer Company factory. VS factory workers putting metal through machine presses (including power presses & punch presses). VS spinning machine components. Worker pulling cart of transformers. Female worker working at industrial machine. 01:34:20:00 OUT
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