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Go to HomepageReel Number: 250170-07
Color: Black and White
Sound: SD
Year / Date: 1943,1940s
Country: USA
Location:
TC Begins: 04:55:35
TC Ends: 05:06:53
Duration: 00:11:18
WWII - 1943, Homefront, USA: Maintenance of Office Machines Pt. 3 of 3 Dictaphone type transcribing machine wiped / dusted; cleaning of machine, blowing shavings out. Cleaning bosses dictating machine, emptying chips from pan, wiping out mouthpiece w/ alcohol. 04:56:23 Service man oiling machine. CU of needle or jewel of machine. Turning. Taking off cylinder. 04:57:21 Cylinder holder w/ contents loaded & note / title put in. Woman drops cylinder; picking up broken cylinder from floor. 04:57:55 Proper handling of cylinder. Woman inspects cylinder. Careful placing on mandrill. Carrier taking cylinders to be shaved & instructions given on using Dictaphone & Edaphone shavers. Shown in use moving across cylinder. 05:00:30 Removing cylinder after cutting or shaving. Oiling Dictaphone shaver; dusting to remove wax particles & covering. 05:01:36 Opening Edaphone shaver box; MCU & releasing locking bolt, putting cylinder on mandrel & close & lock end gate. 05:02:30 CU Edison Master Shaver & instructions on front plate. Mandril moving across & shaving surface. Polishing. 05:03:29 Stopping motor & removing cylinder; ejecting & placing in holder. 05:04:15 Serviceman adjusting transcriber machine so cylinders from different makes can be used. Oiling in oil cups. 05:04:56 Wiping shaving machine & closing cover. Emptying shavings from dust drawer. 05:05:27 Cleaning adding machines, dusting stems w/ long brush, other cleaning. Typing. Putting cover on typewriter. “...to combat enemies of the office...” The End. WW2 Homefront; Typewriters; Wartime Women Office Workers; Instructional Film; Educational Film; Secretaries; Typing Pool; 1940s; Machinery; NOTE: Any continuous 13 minutes of 04:30:18 - 05:06:53 (3 card) sold at per reel rate.