https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/294e64a5-71e0-40a8-b51b-2e8ce3a780de Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Help us preserve, scan and post more rare and endangered films! Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com This 1949 educational film looks at the process of iron smelting in a blast furnace. The film begins by explaining the different elements of an iron plant, with a detailed diagram with animations of how it works. This is followed by shots of the materials needed for smelting. The animation then continues by showing what happens to the ingredients once they are thrown into the furnace. The final part of the film shows how workers tap the furnace to release slag and iron, and how this iron is molded and cooled down. 0:07 “Blast Furnace”, 0:11 a large iron processing plant, 0:18 a labelled diagram of the plant, 0:40 list of ingredients that the charging gear brings to the furnace, 0:53 animation of how the different parts of the processing plant work together, 1:39 close up diagram of what happens at the base of the furnace, 2:30 limestone pieces, 2:44 a pile of iron ore, 2:55 chunks of coke, 3:07 skips bringing raw materials to the furnace top, 3:21 animation of how the raw materials are dropped into the furnace, 4:16 animation of the smelting at the bottom of the furnace, 4:55 a model of the lower part of a blast furnace, 5:05 men preparing to tap the furnace, 5:19 slag being tapped and flowing into a ladle, 6:05 a man sealing the tap hole, 6:18 Iron being tapped while men supervise it, 7:22 Iron flowing into ladles, 7:35 a special gun sealing the tap hole, 7:54 ladles being moved by rail, 8:12 molten iron being poured into a channel and into molds to create “pigs”, 8:59 completed “pigs” falling into rail carts, 9:14 piles of iron bricks, 9:42 “A British Instructional Film” in cooperation with the National Committee for Visual Aids in Education. Motion picture films don't last forever; many have already been lost or destroyed. We collect, scan and preserve 35mm, 16mm and 8mm movies -- including home movies, industrial films, and other non-fiction. If you have films you'd like to have scanned or donate to Periscope Film, we'd love to hear from you. Contact us via the link below. This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1Y_SW7LJ1M Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:22:43 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://peertube.dngr.us https://peertube.dngr.us/lazy-static/avatars/41a6fee9-7f57-42d0-a5fc-5db4f1af2e31.png https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/294e64a5-71e0-40a8-b51b-2e8ce3a780de All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://peertube.dngr.us/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.