You are bidding for a video record of the long discarded 16mm film described below. When the film was made it provided a unique insight into its particular subject. Over the last thirty years a number of enthusiasts realised that such films provided an untapped source of information on past techniques and methods At some time in the past it would have been rescued after being discarded as obsolete by the original owners .

Any money raised from the sale of this video will go towards offsetting the costs of more rescues.

This DVD recorded during a showing of the film described. 181A

Also numbered as 191 is Grease  B&W film 25 minutes long

A Shell Films from 1952


 

Starts with look at aircraft road traffic and coal mining.

On to look at the process of  making very high precisions balls and the races into which the are assembled.

Next make some Grease  from various ingredients. and then autoclaved (pressure cooked)  and then tipped into  a kettle and more oil added,, Then you start looking at the various types  of grease.  and see the varies test used in a laboratory .

Then we look at making blended grease on industrial scale  5 tons at a time.  And before releasing the packed grease is checked again and tested, Various application   are shown with different operating conditions  both from the surrounding atmosphere  and from  the machine itself , Not many people have the foggiest idea how grease is made but after seeing this fim they will be much better informed. 


Also on this DVD  a film  171 from Duckhans 


 Lubrication is vital to keep machinery operational at top efficiency .   Construction and Road Transport Industry  Period is around 1970. Our guide is an Allan Partridge look-alike .  Good variety of users includes plenty of shots of plant  and lorries in use.  . Also a view of the laboratories where oils are tested and developed  and bulk oil loading terminal.. Followed by a visit to a sand and gravel plant  where they are still using draglines  with plenty of views of the Linatex  aggregate grading line.


Both in Black and White 

 




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Technical Note. This is a DVD record of a private screening. Transfer quality is to enable the contents to be studied rather than to achieve the high standard achieved by professional broadcast and commercial video publishers


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        Road transport includes Tilcon  WJ Sims  E Luther Transport and what looks like a  newly opened Wimpey servicing set up. Indeed most of the lorries being serviced looked new as well.  Colour Film 20 minutes.  A fascinating insight into what was a well respected independent lubricants company Alexander Duckhams  and a good snapshot of Road Transport and Construction sites of the early 1970s.  

Also on this DVD .