Duke Opens Steel Plant (1963)

Sheffield, Yorkshire. LV. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh arriving in car to open new steel factory in Sheffield. GV. Interior of the smelting shop of the new factory. SV. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, walks towards camera. Pan with Duke as he walks. SV. Arc furnace being filled with scrap steel. LV. The arc furnace burning. CU. Man watching. GV. Molten steel is poured from the furnace into a giant ladle, & SV & GV. GV. The blooming and billet mill. SV. The Duke of Edinburgh watching the workings. SV. Pan, large steel ingot going along rollers. SV. As it is squeezed in a press. CU. Workman. SV. Squeezed ingot is run through rollers to be lengthened. SV. The Duke watching. LV. The steel emerges from the mill as a very long bar. SV. Pan, the long length of steel on rollers. SV. The Duke leaves the mill. SV. The Duke watching. SV. The Duke leaves the mill. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING IN