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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

3205

Title

FILLING AND PACKAGING OF OIL CANS

Producer

Mather and Platt Engineering

Date

1965

Gauge

16mm

Colour

colour

Sound

silent

Running Time

9 mins 37 secs

Description

Machines are seen filling and packaging one pint oil cans at Shell Mex and BP's plant at Barton. There is also footage of a pneumatic can packer/gluer in action, and a coffee jar packing machine at Bird's in Birmingham.

 

 



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