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Mechanical Engineering at duPont is a short film from ca. mid-1950s released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.
Recruiting film for mechanical engineers to work for duPont; film surveys all job opportunities for mechanical engineers at duPont.
17:01:15:09 CU sign for interviews for positions with duPont for students regardless of military status graduating in mechanical engineering."
17:02:00:11 Aerial pan over duPont plant; large smokestacks producing white smoke; VS duPont plants.
17:02:30:12 CU various duPont products on rotating platform, products include: Outside White House Pain, Speedy Cleaner, Seven-ite; CU various food products in duPont plastic packaging: candy, marshmallows, potato chips; CU various duPont plastic products: ice trays, brush and comb set; CU duPont agricultural products, bag of Deenate and Zerlate.
17:02:40:01 VS mechanical engineers working on machine in duPont plant.
17:03:35:19 Architect leaning on drafting table looking at blueprint, engineer with wood pipe in mouth holding a pencil points out details on the drawing.
17:03:40:25 Two men, one chief engineer wearing a tie, both wearing silver hardhats, look at blue prints on work site.
17:03:52:22 CU glass door marked room 304 Engineering Research Laboratory ; tree and blue sky reflected in glass door.
17:03:55:22 Pan over duPont experimental station; large campus nestled in woods of probably north eastern United States.
17:04:02:10 Mechanical engineer inspects large piece of equipment; VS mechanical engineers tinkering with equipment.
17:04:31:06 Man works on huge compressor used in making urea from carbon dioxide and ammonia; man inspects huge ammonia pump; CU various parts of machine.
17:05:24:20 VS mechanical engineers working on extractor extruder machine.
17:06:37:18 CU pressure gauge, needles rises to over 40 thousand pounds per square inch.
17:08:03:23 CU disembodied hand holds metal disk with thin nylon fiber strewn through it while other hand holding a pencil pokes around the thread.
17:08:32:06 CU Petroleum Laboratory sign mounted on brick wall; LS Petroleum lab.
17:08:50:28 CU disembodied hand lefts metal panel of machine, inside are five red tanks with yellow stencils marking them as various grades of octane, grades 88, 90, 92, 94, and 96.
17:09:18:24 Two engineers examine 1950s car; man wearing suit checks inside open trunk filled with various pieces of research equipment; CU huge instrument panel mounted inside with graphic recording devices for experimentation, disembodied hand points out instruments.
17:09:52:17 Camera zooms in on sign on door for Engineering Department Design Division ; three engineers in row standing at drafting tables working on design plans, one engineer with pipe in mouth.
17:10:19:21 LS engineer wearing hard hat inspects a huge hyper-compressor machine; MS engineer wearing hard hat inspects machine gauges.
17:10:45:00 Pan up blue gas generator; man wearing hard hat inspects machine s control mechanism; CU top of fiery blue gas generator, lid closes on flaming pipe like a tea kettle; CU round gauge divided into to halves, yellow half marked Run and a red half marked Blow, white arrow on gauge moves from Run to Blow; CU top of blue gas generator as lid opens blue flames shoot out the side of the machine.
17:11:19:17 CU disembodied hand flips through pages of engineers blueprints.
17:11:53:01 LS duPont nylon manufacturing plant; huge pipes of air conditioning system for factory conjoining into one central pipe leading out of the factory; two engineers wearing hard hates admire the huge pipes.
17:12:35:22 Pan up two large pipes crawling up side of mountain.
17:13:45:06 Great shot man stands in front of towering wall of instruments and gauges, man turns knob on one instrument; engineers tinkering with instruments.
17:14:00:04 Pan over enormous duPont plant; VS workers in duPont plant, machine maintenance; VS men working in machine shop.
17:15:24:20 Man holding clipboard inspect gauges on instrument panel.
17:15:35:12 Older engineer wearing suit and hat shows younger engineer features of steam reducing station; workers inspects huge water pumps.
17:17:00:08 MS two engineers wearing hard hats and ties, one man points two instrument gauges while other takes notes in notebook; engineer wearing hard hat enters office and shows two men at desk blueprints; man wearing bow tie leads classroom standing behind desk with fire extinguisher, man holds up a pair of shoes, chart on poster board reads Does a safety program prevent injury? , and another sign shows an illustration of a burning cigarette and text He may be down, but
17:17:43:25 Metal plaque mounted on side of building reads: duPont Mechanical Development Laboratory ; LS brick building, duPont machine lab; VS mechanical engineers working on machines.
17:17:59:28 CU decal on truck door reads duPont Wilmington Shops ; VS men working on machines in Wilmington shops; CU 50 inch magnetic chuck.
17:19:07:24 Pan over duPont plant along river, steamer Duncan Bruce sails across bottom of frame.
17:19:42:27 CU disembodied man s arms writing on large sheet of yellow paper, man puts down pencil and grabs two BW photographs of machines; CU BW photo of machine.| Mechanical Engineering at duPont | |
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| Produced by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Production company | Handy (Jam) Organization |
| Distributed by | Handy (Jam) Organization |
Release date | ca. mid-1950s |
| Language | English |
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