Iron and Steel

Pallet 43 -20391- Produced and distributed by: Ford - Motion Pictures Labs, Ford Motor Company.^^Map shows Great Lakes region.^^Iron-Ore mine at Lake Superior.^^Shot of huge boats carrying Ore to Lake Erie.^^Huge machines used to unloading.^^Blast furnace smelting Iron-Ore.^^Animation shows unloading process through smelting.^^Shot of huge piles of ore, coke and other materials used in process.^^Live shots of above animation.^^Man useing arm to block heat as he looks at slag being poured off.^^Flow of molten Iron into huge ladels.^^Men working mud gun, plugging furnace openings with clay.^^Molten Iron poured into molds protected by a layer of Lime, hardens into bars of Pig Iron.^^Shots of Pig Iron being remelted in open hearth furnace to change it into Steel.^^Shot of huge ladel that holds 80 tons.^^casting Steel into Ingots.^^Train cars full on way to heating pits for rolling machine.^^White hot Ingots going to Bloom mill.^^Rollers roll steel into rod.^^Man measuring rods.^^Heavy bars rolled out into thin rods of varying sizes.^^Men use large pliers to handle white hot rods.^^Map showing locations of mines, mills and such in the Great Lakes region.^^