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Title: FULLWOOD FOUNDRY : NEW STEVENSTON

Reference number: 4577

Date: 1970c

Director: filmed by Mr Tom Urie

Sound: sound

Original format: std. 8mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 24.25 mins

Description: Detailed footage of old and new methods of casting moulds, and views around the Fullwood Iron Foundry, New Stevenston.

See also ref. 4595.

Shotlist: c/u sign 'British Steel Corporation Special Steels Division FULLWOOD FOUNDRIES', exts same (0.17) lorry enters carrying steel structure away (0.32) [b&w, blurred, older footage] sand is poured into mould, pushed into position using pneumatic [blurry footage] (1.44) molten metal is poured in to cast (03:03) excess knocked away and the final pieces of steel moved into place (3.46) pan around yard, showing various shapes and sizes of steel casts, includes male worker wearing mask and a manager (?) wearing bowler hat (4.59) sand is removed from a cast structure, returned to conveyer (5.11) man climbs ladder, sand is poured into transporter and moved along where it is then unloaded (5.58) c/u controls levers, bucket of sand is moved upwards (6.25) [present day footage] exts foundry. a lorry arrives carrying huge structure (6.47) two men dampen smouldering embers (6.51) ints foundry (6.59) turning wheel with molten slag (?) grey black in colour (7.09) shot of huge steel structure (7.18) dispensing sand into mould (?) (8.34) removing outer mould, lifting using crane (8.37) men level off using boards, painting tar onto structure; finishing processes (9.31) exts foundry buildings some gravelly material stored in canopies (?) (9.46) shot of furnace (9.52) ints lifting panel, work with furnace, the mould is inspected with torch (10.29) ints men standing on structure (10.39) huge chimney/boiler, belching out smoke produced by intense heat (10.57) c/u temperature and pressure gauge measuring instruments (11.11) yard with many metal objects lying about, a huge magnet drops these into container; container is elevated (12.12) conveyor where containers are loaded with rocks of different colours (ores?) which are then moved along and dumped into furnace (13.48) man peering through hole into white hot furnace, gvs molten metal is poured, casting sparks everywhere (14.35) ints machine shop (14.57) ints warehouse where a man walks to camera (15.07) slow pan of burnt out container bins, steel shapes lined up, gvs empty and derelict yard (16.08) man chipping at sand mould; c/u mould; pouring molten metal into mould, sparks fly (17.04) view of steel shapes lined up in yard, ints where a man chips and shaves using machinery, filing edges wearing mask, shaving using rotor device, polishing metal (18.41) exts foundry [sound stops] gvs yard and steel containers (18.49) dipping molten metal into bath (?), sparks fly and a metal object is craned out; huge 'lid' goes over top of furnace, lots of sparking as grabber claw transports hot metal from huge container to adjacent; c/u repeats of this process (20.38) man stokes furnace; gvs molten metal is poured, sparking wildly, into containers [slightly oof at times] (22.27) The End (22.33)