GEC Factory Various Activity (1910 1929)
General Electric Company factory various activity. Location of events unknown. Establishing shot panning on GEC buildings; office bldg in FG; larger bldg in BG; smokestack. (More shots of exteriors on ON 396 A. ) Interior: young men assembling motor; which hangs by straps from bars above. Skilled labourers working in crowded shop; pan past men tapping w, tiny hammers; etc. Next; young boys c. ages 1015 at work. Boy operating drill. Boys screw handles on small irons. Quitting time: workers leaving factory at the end of the working day: a bunch of boys; some may be as young as 8; teenage girls arm in arm; older boys men; etc. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000 items from the n
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