Learning on ScreenCreating Aluminium
Series
- Series Name
- Carrousel Britanico
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Aluminium leaves the earth as bauxite. At an aluminium factory in Scotland, the bauxite is fed into huge furnaces where the aluminium oxide is separated. Then ingots emerge from the flames and these are melted down for a second time. By now all the impurities have been driven out by the heat, and the other metals may be added to make the aluminium stronger. Although lightweight, this metal, a British invention, is tough and reliable and used by builders of skyscrapers, ships and aircraft.
- Keywords
- Buildings and structures; Industry and manufacture; Mining
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 44 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1168/9
- Credits:
-
- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Producer
- Frances Cockburn
- Producer
- Rosanne Brownrigg
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
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- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
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