Hot Stuff

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

728

Date Released

5 Dec 1968

Date recorded

8 Nov 1968

Length of issue (in feet)

686

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Children’s Christmas Cards
2. 2Hot Stuff
3. 3Bald Ball

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Making vacuum flasks is complex business which starts with the moulding of the glass flask. At a Thetford, Norfolk factory, we watch the inner and outer vessels of the vacuum bottle being welded together and then go on to a Brentwood factory. Here a solution of pure silver is pumped between the glass walls - to retain the heat - and the air is evacuated. The flasks are then subjected to rigorous shock treatment with boiling water before they’re passed on to the assembly line where - as ever - the jigsaw puzzle of parts are put into place.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

264

Story extras:

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