https://peertube.dngr.us/videos/watch/51310dea-993b-441d-8810-2653305a5e9c Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCddem5RlB3bQe99wyY49g0g/join Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit https://www.patreon.com/PeriscopeFilm Visit our website www.PeriscopeFilm.com Made in the 1930s, this silent industrial film (unfortunately incomplete) promotes the Illinois Steel Company highlights the company's importance to industry. In particular, the film shows leading companies in the automobile, construction and coal industries which rely on Illinois Steel products. Coal of course was used to create iron, an essential ingredient needed for steel, and steel an essential part of automobile frames. A silent black and white film, the montage of shots are broken up by text. Shot of Illinois Steel Company factory workers making Alloy Steel (0:23). Factory workers of A.O. Smith Corporation of Milwaukee making automobile frames in production line for the Peerless Automobile Company of Ohio, Cadillac, and Ford Motor Company (1:07). Aerial shot of Andersen Frame Corporation’s window frame factory (2:25). Montage of shots of factory employees creating window frames (2:45). Wide shot of coal mine tipple somewhere in rural America (3:36). Minors hauling empty mining cars (3:58). Interior of mine from perspective of riding mine car (4:15). Example of Arc-wall machine cutting out slate parting inside the mine (4:37). Slate cuttings being shoveled into mine cars (5:19). Wood floor being laid in mine to protect the coal (5:35). Miner drilling holes in the mine to make room for explosives (5:55). Explosives being laid (6:19). Coal being surveyed after explosion (6:36). Miners place coal into mine cart (7:03). Miner setting up for another dynamite explosion and same process ensues once more (7:47). Shot of two minors engaging in machine mining to load pillar coal (8:50). Miners setting up log pillars (9:22). Charges of explosives being laid (9:54). Sheet metal being set up to prevent scattering of coal (10:23). Wide shot of log pillars (10:40). Miner preparing to charge explosive (10:56). Loading machine comes to pick up coal (11:30). Loading machine putting coal into mine cars (11:51). Different camera angle depicting same process (12:17). Mine cars on a track (12:33). Empty mine cars leave and filled mine cars enter coal mine tipple (13:06). Mine cars on various tracks outdoors (13:21). Close-up of coal being loaded (13:27). Chesapeake and Ohio coal cars heading towards loading dock (13:33). Coal being dropped from conveyor belt into coal car (13:48). The Illinois Steel Company had five plants in Illinois and Wisconsin. Founded through a consolidation in 1889, Illinois Steel grew to become the largest steel producer in the United States, and eventually became part of U.S. Steel. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: "01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference." 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=J-_qqEdSdLM Mirrored from Periscope Film (https://www.youtube.com/@PeriscopeFilm) Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:55:05 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/51310dea-993b-441d-8810-2653305a5e9c 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.