Pill Packers

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2024A

Date Released

21 Mar 1968

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Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Pill Packers. DESCRIPTION: Exhibited in London - some of the fascinating high-speed machines used by the Pharmacy companies to pack our Pills. SHOTLIST: CU mass of capsules being poured into container. CU tablets placed into jars on automatic machine. MCU machine placing cotton wool filling on top of tablets. CU exhibit of old way of packing tablets. CU instrument used for making tablets by hand. CU tablets down chute out of machine, pan as they go into rotating drum. CU machine working. CI tablets down shut. MCU machine packing tablets into foil strips. MCU machine filling sealing phials.

Keywords

Health and medicine; Science and technology; Exhibitions and shows

Locations

London; England

Card file number

93332

Credits:

Camera: John Mould
Commentator: Leslie Mitchell

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