Important developments at Blisworth & Redbourn

Series

Series Name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

17

Date Released

Oct 1953

Length of issue (in feet)

1794

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1A Bicycle made by Two
2. 2Important developments at Blisworth & Redbourn
3. 3Doing it in Style
4. 4The Challenge
5. 5A Big ‘Un
6. 6Holiday Adventure

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

BFI Summary - development of a new source of iron ore at Blisworth and increasing the furnace capacity at Scunthorpe
NFA synopsis: August 1953 - Test drilling finds iron ore at Redbourn, Scunthorpe and Blisworth, Northants. sites. A giant excavator is sent in from Irthlingborough, the second largest in the world. A 3000 acre site is involved, and there are shots of machinery being changed at the Redbourn works, Scunthorpe. Various other developments at Redbourn are also covered, with various shots of the works.

Keywords

Science and technology; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.8 No.88 February 1954, p89.

Credits:

Producer

E. P. Moyna

Sponsor

Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group

Production Co.

Verity Films Ltd.

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