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Wednesday 11 November 2015

Midweek Matinee: Tough Friends – 1938



Tough Friends

Title sounds dangerous. What could it mean?

All photos are frame grabs from video below.

Tough Friends

Of the numerous “low shot of approaching train” sequences that Jam Handy ordered up, this is an impressive one. We can only surmise that such plum assignments were handed off to rookie camera operators as a test of their mettle. “Hey, new kid, you like trains, right? Grab the equipment bag.”

Tough Friends

Mining and transporting iron ore to support a growing nation requires a huge investment in… iron and steel equipment.

Tough Friends

Tough Friends

Blast furnaces explained, plus working conditions in steel mills that only Dante could appreciate.

Tough Friends

Tough Friends

Components of the modern motor car require over 80 specialized steel alloys, including carbon steel turret tops, and chromium and silicon steel valves.

Like any good friend, steel is tough, flexible and generally weather-tolerant.

Public domain archival footage courtesy of the Internet Moving Images Archive, in association with Prelinger Archives.

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