ThayerRags

The 1934 silent B/W film entitled Birth of a Sewing Machine is on the Scottish Screen Archive website at:
http://ssa.nls.uk/

The film is at: http://ssa.nls.uk/film/1592


The 70-minute film is described by them as “The manufacturing processes involved in making a Singer sewing machine at Clydebank, Glasgow, from its raw form of iron to the finished product packed and ready for export.”


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mighty

Awesome, thank you!!!!!!

Norva

Wow - thanks CD for this link - absolutely fascinating. A lot of back breaking work involved - those folks really knew what a hard days work was. It would be interesting to see a film on the current manufacturing process. Sure makes me appreciate, all the more, my beautiful old machine.

Lew Schiller

All of the above!
Of course it'd be interesting to sit and watch it with an OSHA inspector :-)

Lew Schiller

Just watched more...at 17:10 it shows the application of decals. Interesting.

SteveH

I am applying to order a copy. this is WAY too valuable a resource not to have at my fingertips...

That was literally breathtaking. I watched the whole thing beginning to end.

caroloto

I agree well worth getting a copy! Let us know what happens. Please.

Thanks CD for the links! I just started to watch it and enjoying myself. Have it on pause at the monent.

ArchaicArcane

I ordered this from them a year ago when only a few minutes of it were online. I have watched it once, and will probably watch it again. I have it ripped (for personal use) to my media server at home so I can watch it from a computer or a TV whenever I want. I will see if I can get any tips from it when I do the decals on the FW I'm painting this winter.

Lew Schiller

I'd like to know what type of decal material they used.
It looks like they tape the papers to the machine then rub them with hot water and they transfer.

sjdal

Were you able to purchase of copy of this film?