In science classes you'd see videos like this, they just are more generalized and have less aggrandizing (the whole "Crowbar, aiding man since the beginning of worded history" and their emphasis of "HIS" mostly being dropped in favor of getting to the point). But you're right, seeing the evolution of these concepts better explain how we went from cutting wood and fetching water with pails to industrial machines that literally do the same thing on a smaller, faster and more efficient scale multiplying it's output. But also in an apocalypse where we had to start over, we can imagine how we'd get back to modern technology fairly quickly
We showed this film in 8th grade science in 1967, but not too long afterwards it was withdrawn. It was eventually updated with a newer color version which we can post in the future. The animated sequences in this film were reproduced in the new version.
I love these films!!! Thank you to the folks uploading these, because you help this nerd find something great to watch! These may be considered by many to be outdated, but the information contained is STILL relevant today!
We showed this film in our 8th grade science class in 1966 since the film dealt with physics and I had not seen it until then. In 1967 Shell withdrew all their older black & white films frim their lending library but still made the film available by giving copies away for the asking. And in 1974 I called Shell and they still had one, and thats the copy you are seeing!
The early Shell productions used "live" background sound, but the later ones used original musical scores composed for the film. Look at Song of the Clouds, a production that Shell did in 1957, and The Drama of Metal Forming, made in 1959, uses both live sound and music at certain points in the film.
A was laughing watching these because it was so visually informative, I couldn't believe it, especially on the cycloid. The Shell oil video are the best, see the one on metal forming in color.
This film was one of many made by the Shell Film Unit. This one was produced in 1939, and has an American narrator, Harlow Wilcox. The British versions would have a British narrator. I think this is a great production for its time. We showed it in 8th grade science in 1967. The Shell Oil Company withdrew all their old black and white films in 1968 and gave them away just for the asking, so many teachers who liked the film could have their own print for good.
This morning I was cleaning the rust protection off a herringbone gear - mentioned at 17 minutes prior to crack checking it and was wondering about the history of gears. Then when break came I got on TH-cam and this was near the top.
Seeing the evolution of technology really puts into perspective how a civilization who lost it all could build back a modern Metropolis like we have today in a matter of years. I'm even seeing regular people build their whole house from the ground up by themselves now thanks to understanding the fundamentals and efficiency.
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What he calls the worm gear is actually the worm. It turns a worm gear of larger size and softer material. If the worm is steel the most common worm gear is made of brass or sometimes cast iron. If the worm is of brass as it is in so many model trains the worm gear will be of nylon or another plastic.
Yep. This could be used NOW in a basic mechanical class. There was no sales hype although it was a sponsored film, and the geometric descriptions were impressive, EVEN now!
9:08 "Wind power was used for crushing oil out of nuts and seeds , and for Sawing Wood " (shows a Man wearing Wooden Shoes working close to the Saw Blades !)
Which brought us the Saboteurs, gangs of craft guild members who objected to the loss of manual labor jobs to mechanization. They sabotaged the machinery that was throwing them out of work.
@@leehaelters6182Every 2 steps forward we make, there's always those who "don't want to be replaced" reminding us why the gun was the first step to innovation.... such a shame....
I find music in these Periscope films fascinating to me it perfectly conveys an age in American history when America knew I could beat the living shit out of any country economically technologically or any other respect that also seems to convey an age of infinite racism and thusly notion that everything was going great all the time and that everyone was happy
The problem with Jeff's channel was, all the films he placed on it were poached from other sources. For example, he stole dozens and dozens of films from our channel, blew them up to hide our identifying marks, and then re-posted them claiming they were "restored" and "enhanced" when in reality they were badly damaged, distorted, and re-positioned. He was doing this with videos from dozens of museums, libraries, and the government. Whereas we spend enormous time and energy to preserve motion picture history, all he did was take things that he felt were up for grabs (some might call it stealing but we're not going to go there). We suspect this is the reason his channel isn't around any longer.
The ads are added by TH-cam. The actual film print, acquired from Shell in 1974, has no commercials! And when projected on the 16mm projector, its quite remarkable in its picture quality! All I did was called the Shell Film Library, and you are seeing what was sent!
If only they had shown films like this back in the day I probably would have taken physics class in school i instead of complicate books that look to scary to me then.
The woman demonstrating the hand pump shows quite the wrong method. Both hands push the end of the lever. Both hands lift it. Such management will provide three times the amount of water in an hour.
13:38 “the skill of the workman was still needed but now his work was a lot easier, he merely had to carry out other men’s ideas with thoroughness”. Damn, if that isn’t the most emasculating thing I’ve ever heard. Hahahaha wtf.
That time stamp is literally RIGHT in the middle of several scenes. Please make something transparent or off to the side or something. Like I said before, I understand that you're uploading all these videos, and you want to make sure no one steals them... but that timestamp is far too big. It's going to end up hurting your channel in the end, because as this channel becomes more popular, people will see how annoying it is, and upload their own old documentaries and videos without that massive annoying timestamp.
The time stamp discourages others from downloading and selling copies at the expense of the exhibitor who has paid to have the film repaired, cleaned and transferred and the film's actual owner who has put time into the film's maintenance and repair. I'm a but spoiled, I obtained a retired print from Shell Oil in 1974. They still had some copies left, but were no longer loaning it out.
I leave mean comments, These videos are all in the public domain. Free. To anyone. These guys go and get the videos and convert them into higher definition and then sell them. And because they are in the public domain it isn't illegal. You can find all these videos and more via archive.org or find Jeff Quitney on Vimeo. He uploads the same videos (and more) with no watermarks on them.
Here's the issue: Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes. In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do. Love our channel and want to support what we do? You can help us save and post more orphaned films! Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Even a really tiny contribution can make a difference.
Can we all take a second to appreciate the quality of the animations in this film.... friggin amazing work
They should make these types of videos mandatory for highschool its history math physics and pretty much everything rolled into one 👍
They used too.
In science classes you'd see videos like this, they just are more generalized and have less aggrandizing (the whole "Crowbar, aiding man since the beginning of worded history" and their emphasis of "HIS" mostly being dropped in favor of getting to the point). But you're right, seeing the evolution of these concepts better explain how we went from cutting wood and fetching water with pails to industrial machines that literally do the same thing on a smaller, faster and more efficient scale multiplying it's output. But also in an apocalypse where we had to start over, we can imagine how we'd get back to modern technology fairly quickly
We showed this film in 8th grade science in 1967, but not too long afterwards it was withdrawn. It was eventually updated with a newer color version which we can post in the future. The animated sequences in this film were reproduced in the new version.
I love these films!!! Thank you to the folks uploading these, because you help this nerd find something great to watch! These may be considered by many to be outdated, but the information contained is STILL relevant today!
I am with you.
This is very informative and very insightful!
Extremely grateful for these brilliantly explained free videos
We showed this film in our 8th grade science class in 1966 since the film dealt with physics and I had not seen it until then. In 1967 Shell withdrew all their older black & white films frim their lending library but still made the film available by giving copies away for the asking. And in 1974 I called Shell and they still had one, and thats the copy you are seeing!
11:58 - 13:15 was an elegant explanation of WHY gear teeth are shaped that way! 👍👍
The men that designed and engineered these gears were pure genius.
yeah they were...or.....
aliens
The people that made the machines that made the gears are geniuses like Gleason Tool Works.
Yes they were. The person that put the stopwatch in the film, not so much.
@@markmilam3152 Gleason for sure! Those older Gleasons were well-built with lots of craftsmanship. Good stuff from Rochester, NY.
@@backho12 yeah Jackie Gleason was a genius
This is how documentaries should be made. No pointless and annoying background music, as is so commonplace today.
The early Shell productions used "live" background sound, but the later ones used original musical scores composed for the film. Look at Song of the Clouds, a production that Shell did in 1957, and The Drama of Metal Forming, made in 1959, uses both live sound and music at certain points in the film.
The sound of gears properly meshing is music to my years....
A was laughing watching these because it was so visually informative, I couldn't believe it, especially on the cycloid. The Shell oil video are the best, see the one on metal forming in color.
This film was one of many made by the Shell Film Unit. This one was produced in 1939, and has an American narrator, Harlow Wilcox. The British versions would have a British narrator. I think this is a great production for its time. We showed it in 8th grade science in 1967. The Shell Oil Company withdrew all their old black and white films in 1968 and gave them away just for the asking, so many teachers who liked the film could have their own print for good.
is it this one? th-cam.com/video/aEatTMQsGtg/w-d-xo.html
@@mitchdakelman4470l m llll ml mm ⁰
This was the most entertaining and informative thing I've seen all day. 🤓
Another pure gold video! Love the simple explanation to some complex issues.
This morning I was cleaning the rust protection off a herringbone gear - mentioned at 17 minutes prior to crack checking it and was wondering about the history of gears. Then when break came I got on TH-cam and this was near the top.
Seeing the evolution of technology really puts into perspective how a civilization who lost it all could build back a modern Metropolis like we have today in a matter of years. I'm even seeing regular people build their whole house from the ground up by themselves now thanks to understanding the fundamentals and efficiency.
Superb video, two thumbs way up. They should definitely show this to students.. thank you very much for all folks at periscope film studio
Hell yeah, This was an a real good one. No, BS and neat visuals on the geometry!
Thank for the best knowledge presenting for us.
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Yes I liked a lot ,
finally learning something useful
Awesome, I want be a lever when I grow up.
15:30 I’m blown away I love it.
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Proud to be a Terran!
Absolutely riveting.
Really hoped the word torque would've made an entrance, but never did.
Why are these older vids so great
Very good
Very good, I learned alot watching 🙂
What he calls the worm gear is actually the worm. It turns a worm gear of larger size and softer material. If the worm is steel the most common worm gear is made of brass or sometimes cast iron. If the worm is of brass as it is in so many model trains the worm gear will be of nylon or another plastic.
The business of making toothed wheels is quite a ratchet. It's apawlling, actually.
Pull-eys!
You really are _leveraging_ your sense of humor here!
I'm very cog-nizant of what you did there....he said with a tooth-y grin.
Great !
Simple and informative
Yep. This could be used NOW in a basic mechanical class. There was no sales hype although it was a sponsored film, and the geometric descriptions were impressive, EVEN now!
I have a lathe ,I just told it how important it is !
Awesome
9:08 "Wind power was used for crushing oil out of nuts and seeds , and for Sawing Wood " (shows a Man wearing Wooden Shoes working close to the Saw Blades !)
Sabots.
Which brought us the Saboteurs, gangs of craft guild members who objected to the loss of manual labor jobs to mechanization. They sabotaged the machinery that was throwing them out of work.
@@leehaelters6182 Yes I heard that Saboteur was a person who threw is Wooden Shoes into Machinery . Thanks for the Reminder .
@@leehaelters6182Every 2 steps forward we make, there's always those who "don't want to be replaced" reminding us why the gun was the first step to innovation.... such a shame....
At 19:51 you see the name Radicon on the gearbox. Looks like they are still in business making gearboxes.
Makes me think about the wheel of pain
I want a lever when I grow up!
I find music in these Periscope films fascinating to me it perfectly conveys an age in American history when America knew I could beat the living shit out of any country economically technologically or any other respect that also seems to convey an age of infinite racism and thusly notion that everything was going great all the time and that everyone was happy
Toothed wheel has reached a high level of development..
This gave me "leverage"to shop smarter
Just curious are you familiar with Jeff Quitney? Loved his work shame his account got terminated.
Yup... I searched it for a long time. Sad that its gone
The problem with Jeff's channel was, all the films he placed on it were poached from other sources. For example, he stole dozens and dozens of films from our channel, blew them up to hide our identifying marks, and then re-posted them claiming they were "restored" and "enhanced" when in reality they were badly damaged, distorted, and re-positioned. He was doing this with videos from dozens of museums, libraries, and the government. Whereas we spend enormous time and energy to preserve motion picture history, all he did was take things that he felt were up for grabs (some might call it stealing but we're not going to go there). We suspect this is the reason his channel isn't around any longer.
The Wheel, the greatest development of mankind.
I have the Patent
It's important to separate the seeds and steams for your customers to trust you.
TOO MANY ADS ON THIS VIDEO!
The ads are added by TH-cam. The actual film print, acquired from Shell in 1974, has no commercials! And when projected on the 16mm projector, its quite remarkable in its picture quality! All I did was called the Shell Film Library, and you are seeing what was sent!
If only they had shown films like this back in the day I probably would have taken physics class in school i instead of complicate books that look to scary to me then.
Now protect your gears with shell lubricants, available at your local distributor
Om pure and applied
Hope my dealers got some "Gear" when I see him later on today ! 😉
At 13:30 worker make a huge sprocket. Nowdays Pakistanian workers do the same in there garages. I ve seen somwhere at youtube
Optimize usage regarding valuable materials available
At first glance, I thought that woman was pumping water out of a cemetery plot.
If they had named it Liver-age we’d never have gotten anything done!
Interesting video but honestly, maybe you could put just a few less adds?
Use an adblocker. You'll never see an ad again. If you're on chrome go search google for "uBlock origin" plugin and install it.
You tube premium - no ads. $9.99 a month, though. Or adblocker, works great, about 49.00 a year.
Leonard nemoy?
Harlow Wilcox
They used to make great products years ago. Wouldnt buy anything from them , now days. Too bad.
Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
The woman demonstrating the hand pump shows quite the wrong method. Both hands push the end of the lever. Both hands lift it. Such management will provide three times the amount of water in an hour.
Too many ads.
its a lever not Lev-rr
13:38 “the skill of the workman was still needed but now his work was a lot easier, he merely had to carry out other men’s ideas with thoroughness”. Damn, if that isn’t the most emasculating thing I’ve ever heard. Hahahaha wtf.
,
Boring
Only to simpletons.
No boring is a different video about drills.
That time stamp is literally RIGHT in the middle of several scenes. Please make something transparent or off to the side or something. Like I said before, I understand that you're uploading all these videos, and you want to make sure no one steals them... but that timestamp is far too big. It's going to end up hurting your channel in the end, because as this channel becomes more popular, people will see how annoying it is, and upload their own old documentaries and videos without that massive annoying timestamp.
The time stamp discourages others from downloading and selling copies at the expense of the exhibitor who has paid to have the film repaired, cleaned and transferred and the film's actual owner who has put time into the film's maintenance and repair. I'm a but spoiled, I obtained a retired print from Shell Oil in 1974. They still had some copies left, but were no longer loaning it out.
I leave mean comments, These videos are all in the public domain. Free. To anyone. These guys go and get the videos and convert them into higher definition and then sell them. And because they are in the public domain it isn't illegal. You can find all these videos and more via archive.org or find Jeff Quitney on Vimeo. He uploads the same videos (and more) with no watermarks on them.
Here's the issue: Here's the issue: Tens of thousands of films similar to this one have been lost forever -- destroyed -- and many others are at risk. Our company preserves these precious bits of history one film at a time. How do we afford to do that? By selling them as stock footage to documentary filmmakers and broadcasters. If we did not have a counter, we could not afford to post films like these online, and no films would be preserved. It's that simple. So we ask you to bear with the watermark and timecodes.
In the past we tried many different systems including placing our timer at the bottom corner of our videos. What happened? Unscrupulous TH-cam users downloaded our vids, blew them up so the timer was not visible, and re-posted them as their own content! We had to use content control to have the videos removed and shut down these channels. It's hard enough work preserving these films and posting them, without having to spend precious time dealing with policing thievery -- and not what we devoted ourselves to do.
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Awesome