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Men, Metal and Machines

Item number (ISN):

60520

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1950

Item number (ISN):

60520

Type of material:

Moving images

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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Record information – Details

Fonds/collection:

INCO LIMITED

Accession:

1986-0384

Media:

Film

Original title:

Men, Metal and Machines

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1950

Release date:

1950

Production company:

revised version of MEN, METAL AND MACHINES : UNITED TO PRODUCE "INCO" NICKEL AND NICKEL ALLOYS
Douglas D. Rothacker (producer)

Country of production:

us

Sponsor:

The International Nickel Company, Inc.

Distributor name:

The International Nickel Company, Inc.

Description:

This film explains the refining and milling of nickel and nickel alloys at the world's largest rolling mill, the Inco plant at Huntington, West Virginia. Footage shows oxide sinter arriving from Canada, being crushed, ground, and roasted in one or two of three furnaces - the high-frequency induction furnace, the electric arc furnace, and the gas-fired open hearth reverberatory furnace. The slag and metal are drawn off separately and the metal is cast into ingots, re-melted, re-cast, and then sent to the hammer shop where it is forged, cut, and stamped. In the machine shop it is milled into wire, sheets, and coin strip by hot rolling. Footage also shows the production of rods and tubes in a reducing machine which stretches the nickel out to the required length. The opening sequence includes shots of the community's flood wall and shots of the flooded valley before the wall was built. <39mn>

Language:

English

Notes:

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1. This revised version has a new prologue and small changes reflecting modifications in refining and milling practice, but remains essentially the same as MEN, METAL AND MACHINES : UNITED TO PRODUCE "Inco" NICKEL AND NICKEL ALLOYS.

Detailed holdings information:

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Vault ISN:

54412

Format:

FILM

Location number:

N-6099

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

NITRATE

Technical description:

NEG

Max. shrinkage:

1.1%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

85052

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8807-0079

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.8%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

85053

Format:

FILM

Location number:

8807-0080

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

COMP

Stock:

REL PRT

Max. shrinkage:

0.8%

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

108088

Format:

VIDEO

Location number:

V1 8903-0024

Number of items:

1

Status:

REF

Vault ISN:

150126

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9004-0153

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

POS

Made from:

N-6099

Status:

MASTER

Vault ISN:

151774

Format:

FILM

Location number:

9005-0209

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

SIL

Stock:

DUPE

Technical description:

NEG

Made from:

9004-0153

Status:

PRT.ELEM
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Conditions of access:

Open

Consultation copy number:

V1 8903-0024

Restrictions on consultation:

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

Reproduction access:

With written permission of Donor / Avec la permission écrite du donateur

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