10 Mesmerising Manufacturing Films from the 1950s | 1st Edition

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10 beautifully-produced industry films from the 1950s.

1. Paperweights (0:00 - 2:01)

2. Jukeboxes (2:01 - 5:20)

3. Candles (5:20 - 8:06)

4. Rock Sweets (8:06 - 11:32)

5. Fairground Toys (11:32 - 12:49)

6. Footballs (12:49 - 15:07)

7. Globes (15:07 - 17:43)

8. Gold Leaf (17:43 - 20:57)

9. Ice Cream (20:57 - 23:03)

10. Model Aircraft (23:03 - 25:32)

[onazram]

I love these films from back in the wonderful days when we made things by our own hands and took pride in it...

[emmabaylis]

That man’s face while testing the ‘carnival toys’ I’m here for it . I love watching these videos !

[GTman]

Love the model aeroplane making. It was a hobby of mine in late 1960s and early 1970s, when I sold the lot to buy my first knackered motorcycle. Almost half a century later, I still enjoy my motorcycles.

[drxym]

Jukebox was a BAL-Ami model F - basically an US Ami jukebox made under licence to UK specs.

[jennitro]

That gold-leaf segment is super interesting.

[gavinkerslake]

he has the most amazing eyebrows. <3 Mr. paperweights

[jamesboardman]

It was a big treat going to Blackpool, ride donkeys on the beach and get a stick of Blackpool rock candy

[mthaylanprogames]

E legal ver essas tecnologias passados com o mesmo olhar que as gerações passadas viram, algo mágico misturado com inovador😊😂.

[davidrenton]

i found the 'rock' one fascinating, had no idea that's how they did it

[EmporerOfMankindk]

Those rock candy makers must have no feeling left in their fingertips 😂

[RWBHere]

Thanks. Several of those industries have been almost lost to craftsmen over the past 70 years.

[xmdjvseodjsj]

0:59 in 1980 the furnaces finally shut down and the factory was bulldozed.

[hepsycamellia]

This was fabulous! Makes you grateful for health and safety.
Just as interesting as the processes was the fact that most of these manufacturers were in LONDON. It's not just the nature of work that has changed. I bet they've just about all relocated or more likely closed down.

[soangry]

I was just watching a modern video of glass blowers making vases with those same glass rods, using the same methods. Except they inflated the glass which stretched out the rods to interesting shapes.

[Tootles]

The narrator of the globe portion sounds like Jon Pertwee, Doctor Who #3 ❤

[GTman]

A hare’s foot was used to brush the skins used to protect the gold leaf. Just wow. And was that the object that was smelled occasionally?

[lotrax]

18:40 can you imagine the tinnitus in those days

[GTman]

The globes once showed in pink all the areas which were part of the British Empire. At school in the 1960s, we had an old globe from the early 20th century, when the empire was at its height, just before World War I.

[RicLamoXIII]

many old jukeboxes arrived here in Davao City, in a surplus shop. i think they came from america.

[nigelcarren]

Was that the legendary Jon Pertwee talking about Globes?
If so he would have been 35/36. 🇬🇧