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Film & Video Catalogue: Item Detail

Film Number

3583

Title

BRITAIN AWAKES

Producer

Edward Cooke of the Big Six Film Unit

Date

1952

Gauge

std8mm

Colour

b/w

Sound

sound

Running Time

33 mins 19 secs

Description

Film about the importance of productivity in the workplace- using as examples factories making the various components for Ferguson tractors (at Trafford Park, Manchester), and the Ferguson factory itself in Coventry where the tractors are assembled. The film shows in detail the manufacturing processes involved at each stage of production and eulogizes the efforts of companies to increase productivity, and provide an efficient atmosphere.

 

 



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