Bmc Presents Wizardry On Wheels Reel 2 (1961)

Reel 2. 01:00:00 Point of view shot from driver’s viewpoint of Mini being driven along a tree-lined road. L/S of Minis being driven through English countryside. Production line of Mini is seen, various shots of men at work on the assembly line. C/U of man assembling components. Engine parts are moved along by mechanical means. Pistons are scientifically “run in“. Gear box and sump are assembled. 01:01:53 L/S of thousands of Mini engines lined up. Giant press is used to stamp out parts of the car bodies. Men clamp and weld bodywork. Parts of the car are transported through the factory on overhead lines. Cars are assembled before our very eyes. “It’s built up in sections, like a prefabricated house.“ states the narrator. 01:03:38 More shots of assembling and welding. The cars begin to take shape. Bodywork is lifted into the air and moved by electronically controlled machines. The welded body goes through the rust-proofing rotor-dip. We see the car being steamed and dried before co