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Carborundum (1920)

1920 · Silent film · 10 min

  • War

Synopsis

How silicon carbide is made: coke, sand, sawdust and salt are fed into electric furnaces, workers crush the crystal masses and cast grinding wheels, and an old man first seen at a sand grindstone ends working at a carborundum one. The Dutch copy ends with a cartoon of Kaiser Wilhelm II's nose held to a grindstone.

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Running time
10 minutes

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