A History of Iron and Steel Making in Scunthorpe on Film 1950-1973
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- čas přidán 14. 09. 2014
- Truly astonishing footage. 3 films spliced together. The first one is a history produced in 1950 by United Steel. Featuring a juxtaposition of the steel-making methods of bygone ages to the time of the film's production. Some great footage of hand-charging, moulding and casting pig iron. Some real heroes working here.
At 23.16 is the short film 'Steel for the Mills' made by Data Films for the British Iron and Steel Federation featuring rolling procedures and an emphasis on experienced craftsmanship and progression.
At 27.35 there is a film entitled 'Background to Anchor: a new development in the Steel Industry in Lincolnshire', by Pelican Films. It is a documentary about the building of the £200 million Anchor Plant. The film explores the concern and opinions of ordinary workers and the general public of Scunthorpe. The interviews start at 41.21.
Great memories for me,.I worked on the "barrows" at Park Gate Iron and Steel, Rotherham. We filled the barrows with metal turnings and borings from railway wagons. It was hard work with low pay compared to other departments. The blast furnaces have long gone and the site is now full of retail outlets.
it brings back memories of the Anchor project where I worked you will see me at 33 mins in at a meeting
Almost unbelievable that people where still working in these conditions in 1950, looks more like 1850. Seriously hard dangerous work, respect.
There was a furnace such as #2 in Fruitport Michigan from 1879 until 1912.The Furnace from Spring Lake Iron Company produced initially 50 tons of pig iron per day. After an explosion, it was rebuilt producing 80 tons of pig iron per day. To get this, it used 400 cords of hardwood to make the charcoal. The pig iron was used to make Bessemer steel(after being remelted) and iron castings. After much searching I found 7 RARE photos of the Fruitport Furnace @ the Lake Shore Museum Center. I had no idea that film of a furnace in operation was around.
Went on a trip to brymbo steelworks in 1985 as part of the tour of works I remember being told that the rolling mill had received considerable investment yet by 1990 it had closed
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Hi 👋 good times then hard work 😓 was respected ✊️it’s in your blood you where born to it steel was the family I loved it.god bless the men who work with steel to day
Thank you for these awesome videos. I especially enjoyed the history in the first one.
i worked on the blast furnaces at John lysaghts in Scunthorpe as a lad it was dangerous work but not as hard as those poor guys in the first part of the film we had mud guns and oxy torches to tap them but there was no safety gear at all i think the lung choking fumes were the worst thing about it
Holy c rap the first mechanically charged furnace in the uk.
Very interesting and informative films on the history and development of steelmaking in Britain, no doubt China will have developed their steel industry from British Steel research, development and methods and are now taking over supply whilst Britains steel industry is declining at an alarming rate. Perhaps they might buy our plants here and take over running them as it seems we can compete with their prices ? We might need our steel works in the future and they aren't built overnight !
Who recorded all of this look perfect
Is there a place I can view the rest of it?
MEN have deepers voice in 1950s and have highest testosteron
Convicts in prison doing hard labour did not work like this, hard work done by hard men.
Poor British Steel , not like used to be
hard man's job.. when men, were real men.. and women who claimed to be men, changed their mind on the gender neutral debate and let the men carry that steel.