Glass Making (1948)

Glass making at Smethwick, West Midlands. Manufacture of glass reinforced with wire netting at factory near Birmingham. C/U scoop picking up raw material. L/S scoop entering chute. C/U scoop emptying. L/S shot of industrial oven. C/U boiling liquid glass. C/U man. L/S pressing machine. C/U meter. C/U thermometer. C/U starting light. L/S wire netting entering pressing machine, pan down to net being pressed into soft glass. C/U rollers in action. C/U net being pressed into glass. Various shots completed glass leaving machine. Various shots man cutting glass into sections. Various shots men lifting cut sections. M/S man removing cut section from bench. M/S man putting cut section into crate. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters hi