1945 - Educational Film: Plumbing

Plumbing (1945) Burton Holmes / Vocational Guidance Films, Inc. - ‘Your Life Work’ series Montage water usage - garden hose, bathroom tap, water fountain etc. Plumber in workshop; reading blueprints; construction site; cutting & threading pipes w/ machine tools; joining parts. House under construction - risers installed; pipes laid under floorboards. CU Plumbing Code book. Waste disposal soil pipes laid & sealed w/ molten lead. Trap & vent pipes attached. Plumber assembles lead flashing. Building catch basin w/ concrete blocks. Chrome fixtures & fitting installed - bathtub, taps, kitchen sink etc. Laundry tub & water heater. 09:26:39 Industrial refinery complex. Farmer’s wife out of house, fills bucket from water pump. Laying water mains in city, joints sealed w/ molten lead. CU leaky tap being fixed. CU Master Plumber’s Certificate. 09:28:15 Plumbing fixture showroom, salesman showing couple bathroom suite. Apprentices at trade school learning to use various tools. Mathematics class & preparing estimates. “Journeyman” plumber collecting parts. VO re starting up own plumbing business; plumber w/ apprentice preparing pipes next to van parked on suburban street in residential neighborhood. Careers. Jobs. Apprenticeships. Manual Labor. Trades. House Building. Construction Industry. Craftsmen. Laborers; Educational Film; Post-WWII; Post-WW2;