FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

Title Details

Ideas For You

A look at how productivity groups can improve manufacturing efficiency.
Year : 1966 | Total Duration : 18 Minutes | Producer : Frank Bagnall
Director : Joe Scully |
VS factory floor with men working in engine manufacture, man at electrical circuit panel. Steel works, molten steel pouring, fork lift, welding, high-rise building construction site. Female typing pool, punch card machines, business meetings, secretary. Speech by chairman of Ryde District Productivity Group. Aerials over Sydney, Harbour Bridge and industrial sites, harbour, suburbs, Gladesville Bridge. VS factories and workers in Ryde district, CUs manufacturing, textile machines, women on factory floor. Men working with scientific equipment, managers inspecting paint spraying method, plant equipment, giant mixer. Tree felling with chain saw, log onto truck, timber mill, VS of steam train at timber mill. Committee looking at plans for train wagon, VS loading wagon. Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 40908 | 9 mins 22 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |
VS manufacture of tap. CUs casting mold. GS Prince Henry Hospital Sydney exteriors, VS hospital laundry, mechanic adjusting washing cycle timer, VS ironing. WS Brisbane river and bridge, VS work in tannery. Good shots of women working production line packing chickens, loading cartons with dry ice, loading cartons of chicken onto plane. VS female cake factory workers packing mix boxes into cartons, gluing flaps. Manufacturing chairman RWC Anderson, at desk, with secretary, speech to camera. Montage of productivity group meetings Quicktime clip available.
Access No. 148650 | 8 mins 23 secs | 1960s | Sydney, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |