Gestetner Works (1927)

Promotional film made about the Gestetner factory very good footage of men, women and young boys at work making and testing duplicating machines. There is no main title for the film. Aerial view of the Gestetner Works at Tottenham, London. Panning shot of men working on the construction of an extension to the factory. Mr S. Gestetner (Managing Director) and Mr J. Glatworthy (Works Manager) make their daily tour of inspection around the factory moving shots include very young boys at work. Chemical Research Laboratory is shown a man smoking a pipe conducts an experiment. The Gestetner Foundry molten iron is poured into prepared moulds. L, S of men and boys carrying the moulds. C, U of the iron casting being turned. L, S of part of the factory where the moulds are The milling, drilling and gear generating section C, U of machines. Two teenage boys sit and work at presses. C, U of boy at work pressing machine parts. C, U of a cylinder ring. C, U of boy working a machine which cuts