Wire Cable Factory (1920-1930)

Factory for manufacturing wire cable. Location of events unknown / unclear. CU man holding unidentified cylindrical object. Next; pan on machinery working; lots of turning cylinders - winding what look like big rolls of tape or paper. More shots of machinery in motion - looking inside another spinning cylinder; with smaller cylinder inside. MS two men replacing smaller one; which is like a spool with cable wound round it. Crowd gathered round a car; inside factory. CU machine which winds smaller wires together to make cable. MS worker attaching hook to chains to lift a steel pallet. MS worker monitoring machines. More strips being stretched from cylinder to cylinder. A device like a mini-carousel of spools spins around. Finally shot of a web of wheels and pulleys hanging from the ceiling and criss-crossing haphazardly in the air. CU worker’s hands screwing thin wire into clamps; soldering it; removing wire. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV.