Scope and content:

"PACIFIC FRONTIER MN-9606 Kanto Plain, Japan" 1) HA MS Three gutter ways with molten pig iron flowing through gutters from blast furnace, smoke rises from white hot molten metal. (SV) VG, (Scenes taken at Nippon Kokan Kawasaki Iron Works)2) CU Workers working on assembly line in automotive plant, men assembly trucks as frame of truck moves slowly by. G3) CU Two men working on drive shaft of truck on assembly line.4) CU Springs on hoist being moved toward assembly line. G to F5) CU Looking over frame on assembly line, worker in direct BG hand on control switch of hoist. G6) CU Engine being lowered into framework of truck on assembly Line. F7) MCU Frame and engine moving along assembly line, workers working quickly over frame, attaching various parts.8) CU Man working on front end of truck on assembly line, securing body to frame, man is in engine compartment also at work. G9) MS Body frame of truck being lowered down onto frame on assembly line, hoist is removed, hood is raised men begin to work underneath truck. G10) MS Truck off assembly line being checked over, driver at wheel, 6x truck is driven out of frame at right.11) CU Workers running truck on end of assembly line, giving it finishing touches.12) CU Driver of truck driving truck off. G to F13) CU Worker working with screwdriver putting headlights onto truck. VG14) MS Truck being driven out of plant into yard, other trucks parked in yard. GtoF15) MS Line of automobiles on assembly line, men working up and down assembly line. VG16) CU Worker working on front end of car on assembly line, putting wires in place for light, securing parking lights in place. 17) CU Two workers working inside automobiles, finishing off inside, cars continue to move toward right on assembly line. G18) MS Man standing in area where motor is to be placed working. (color, unedited, silent) (It says June 1966, but slates on footage from the same series below say 1963.) See also 428-npc-36378, 428-npc-36414, 428-npc-36440.

Other descriptive data:

This record describes a digital file preserved in the USC Libraries' digital asset management systems.

Access and use