New Tin Plate Plant (1962)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. Australian newsreel item. Title reads: “Port Kembla. New £7,700,000 Tinplate Plant in Production“ Port Kembla, Australia LS View looking across BHP Steel works industrial plant at Port Kembla to the new tinplate works. Various shots inside the electrolyte tinplate factory. MS Furnaces. High shot, the tinplate presses. MS Roll of steel playing out. MS Man at controls. CU Steel strip being “pickled“ in sulphuric acid then going through a three-deck plating structure. High shot, tin strip being coated and is then run through an electrolyte reclaiming tank. MS Tin strip being rolled into huge coils for can makers. CU Looking at man through centre of tin coil. LS and CU Women quality checking tin plates on factory floor. Note: Date on original record: 17/04/1962. Australian commentary. Alternative spellings: Port Kemble / Port Kembla. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT