Steel: A Symphony of Industry (1936)
1936 · Ephemeral film · 18 min
Synopsis
An impression of a basic industry. Steel: A Symphony of Industry strange “collage” like shots of factories - superimposed with med wide shot of marching workers ( ) wide shot of back steel cranes, oil rig-like structures ( ) med shot of construction worker standing on girder of construction worker shouting - “Steel” appears over his chest ( ) of steel girder - girder lifted away from camera, up huge steel structure ( ) of construction worker shouting - “Steel” appears over his chest ( ) wide shots of various factories using steel wide pan of ship building yard ( ) wide shot of two huge steel black cranes ( ) med wide shot of bridge made of steel girders ( ) med wide shot down assembly line - tin cans? ( ) wide shot from above of single train coming down center track of numerous parallel tracks ( ) wide aerial shot of huge open mine - words “Iron Ore” superimposed on shot ( ) wide aerial shot of strip mine ( ) wide shot of factory - “Coal” appears over shot ( ) wide shot of another strip mine - “Limestone” appears over shot ( ) med shot of freight train - “Coke” appears over shot ( ) nice quick sequence of freight ships, trains ( ) wide shot of train yard - VO - “It’s greatness lies in glowing furnaces and smoking stacks, in...” wide pan of huge bleak factory on waterfront VO - “...skilled labor, inventive genius and the spirit of enterprise which is so typical of America....” ( ) wide shot of steel factory ( ) aerial wide pan of steel mill with cars in parking lot ( )…
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Details
- Running time
- 18 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 0525_Steel_A_Symphony_of_Industry_00_11_34_12
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · No Chance for injury on THIS job!! · Spuzz · 2016-05-05
Simply amazing portrait on how steel is made. After a great Russian-style-montage type beginning, (I honestly hoped that there was going to be no narration) the narration starts, and takes us step by step, to how steel is made. Although this subject has been done before to death by Jam Handy, I am quite surprised to say that this film is the best of the lot I've seen so far. Great shots of molten steel, and it's many processes. There is a curious focus on the safety of the men in this plant, which leads me to believe that this film was made for anti-union purposes. Hmmmm... That leads me to…