GEC Factory Various Activity (1910-1929)

General Electric Company factory - various activity. Location of events unknown. Establishing shot panning on GEC buildings; office bldg in FG; larger bldg in BG; smokestack. (More shots of exteriors on ON 396 A.) Interior: young men assembling motor; which hangs by straps from bars above. Skilled labourers working in crowded shop; pan past men tapping w/ tiny hammers; etc. Next; young boys c. ages 10-15 at work. Boy operating drill. Boys screw handles on small irons. Quitting time: workers leaving factory at the end of the working day: a bunch of boys; some may be as young as 8; teenage girls arm in arm; older boys & men; etc. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the n
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