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Title: DRESSING BATHS

Reference number: 6123

Date: 1950 c

Sponsor: M. Cockburn & Co. Ltd., (Allied Ironfounders) Falkirk

Production company: Aso Film

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 7.45 mins

Description: Details the process of "bath dressing" on the factory floor of a bath manufacturer's (Cockburn's & Co. of Falkirk?). Intertitles describe the action throughout. Uses time lapse photography to illustrate the meticulous process performed by the workers.

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Credits: An ASO Film [Anne Shaw Organisation]

Shotlist: Credits, title (0.06) pan foundry floor, men at work on iron bath casts (0.17) Method Study by Scott During Training With The Anne Shaw Organisation Ltd. (0.24) foundry floor (0.32) Operator Works On One Bath At A Time Note Considerable Handling Of Bath And Tools (0.41) man in bunnet working on bath on its side with a hammer and chisel, time clock revolving very quickly in b/ground (1.14) man with large sanding device, sparks fly as he smoothes bath down (2.16) Memomotion Study Emphasises Movement Around Workplace (2.23) time lapse sequence of man at work on baths (2.42) Inspection On Completion Of Line (2.46) men inspecting baths with lamps (3.31) Work Study Method Operator Works On Three Bath Cycle (3.38) More Productive Path Of Movement Less Handling Of Tools (3.45) man at work with overhead sander on three baths. He is wearing safety mask (5.06) Portable Stand Provided For Tools (5.09) man places tool in stand, works on baths with hammer and chisel (5.47) timelapse sequence of men at work on baths (6.42) Inspection Immediately Following Dressing (6.46) timelapse of man with lamp inspecting bath individually (7.42) Ecs (7.45)