The Modern Musical Box (1932)

Full titles read: “THE MODERN MUSICAL BOX - Radio Sets in the making. Filmed at Hendon and Southgate, Greater London.“ Very good L/S’s and M/S’s of women working on the production line of a radio factory. M/S of women attaching wire to radio set. L/S’s of the cogs and wheels of large machine which the narrator says is used for “pushing the steel plates for the chassis pans.“ M/S of woman using welding machine. M/S of tin foil machine at work. L/S of man placing condenser into large oven to dry out, he turns a large wheel to seal the door. Several more shots of the making of the radio set production line at work. L/S of women the radio assembly line. M/S of the completed radio chassis being placed on a conveyor belt. M/S of large jigsaw machine in use to cut the radio cases to size in the woodwork factory. A man tests the strength of the cases and discards any that are damaged. Good M/S’s and L/S’s of workers wearing large earphones connected to the radio sets to ensure that “distortion of an
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