Plastics - 1940's British Council Film Collection - CharlieDeanArchives

Manufacture and development of plastics in England.
This film has been made available for non-commercial research and educational purposes courtesy the British Council Film Collection. film.britishcou...
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[@davids8449]

First class public information film. Quality of film is excellent with no pinking. Thanks for posting

[@johnvframe]

An excellent quality and detailed documentary, thank you. I found this when looking for the title of a British feature film drama (most likely also from the 1940's) which I saw when it aired on TV in Australia in the late '60's. The background to the story of that film was in how declining British manufacturing industries and the communities which relied on them, were saved by accepting the need to embrace the manufacture of plastics.

[@vulgivagu]

At this time would this have been bakelite?

[@richardwhite5793]

Incredibly labour intensive manufacturing processes- and dangerous too. Imagine today’s HSE descending on those factories. Wonder if we could ever set up for that sort of effort again?

[@hazchemel]

likewise. feminists don't want men to do stuff.

[@lumpyfishgravy]

5:47 Lions we definitely don't want lions.

[@Merseysiderful]

3:56 The worker was not wearing any protective face covering which was normal at that time. He must inevitably have had plastic dust in his lungs. Even Toothbrushes are now Made In China so unlikely there are still made in Blighty.

[@geoffmawdsley1047]

They didn't know that celluloid is highly inflammable!

[@kenbakker3241]

Celluloid is highly flammable.

[@hkkhgffh3613]

Dis is Bakelite, a phenolic resin.

[@kenbakker3241]

@@hkkhgffh3613 The manufacturing of Celluloid at 13:27

[@unknown013579]

The workmen has to wear asbestos gloves. LIKE WOW

[@1981MJD]

​@SteelRodent Ah right.... I'll just get out my microscope before doing any work any check for microscopic strands of asbestos - said nobody ever...

[@Iain1962]

@@1981MJD Isn't hindsight wonderful?

[@1981MJD]

​@@Iain1962 Yep, its a shame you can't buy it...

[@BrassLock]

@@1981MJD Ha! Ha!
"Yes, I'll have 25 years worth of hindsight thanks. Can you please wrap it up in Bubble wrap, thanks, I don't want to break it going home on the train".