10 Mesmerising Manufacturing Films from the 1950s | 1st Edition

[@BlameThande]

Very interesting that some of these films, such as the first one with the paperweights, are already "We are covering this because it is a vanishing craft only still done by a few people" even from the perspective of the 1950s.

[@james112680]

Everybody thinks they live in a special time. Nobody does. We don't. Everybody always has the same fears and there are always industries coming in and out of business

[@hojinna6396]

He will be surprised this art is still very well alive. Thanks to weed smokers haha

[@gustavouchida1]

2:59 - Slow, slow! Quick! Quick! Slow!

[@radboogie]

The video quality is amazing for nearly 70 years old! Puts a lot of modern video work to shame.

[@vihreelinja4743]

Analog video is so much better.. And it actually have more resolution then our 1080p digital systems but require actual skill to use.

[@tmappe]

@@vihreelinja4743​​⁠​⁠it might have theoretically more resolution when recording to the tape but video tapes were never displayed higher than the equivalent of 480p resolution on playback

[@simonrich3811]

@@vihreelinja4743 You mean 35mm film, not analogue video.

[@lotrax]

It is your comment that made me realise this is 70 years old...

[@madcatmk213]

that's because video tape recordings don't have pixels!

[@onazram1]

I love these films from back in the wonderful days when we made things by our own hands and took pride in it...

[@the_officials38]

❤ I love these types of content, and the 1950s really bring a new light on the processes how its done before! The music and voiceover is also 👌

[@britishpathe]

Glad you enjoy :)

[@sdaiwepm]

You can tell the narrator is a heavy smoker!

[@shankarbalan3813]

the vanished skills of engineering, manufacturing and exacting human-led quality processes. truly a bygone era.

[@gregreynolds5686]

There is still plenty of it about, but it tends to be focussed on industrial applications rather than the mass market products shown here.

[@mozart579]

Fred Dibnah is a prime example

[@MrJofArnold]

Worry. It, nothing is lost. Every single one of these is still being done in both mass production and by small artisans. I suspect many of the exact machines and tools we see in the video are still being used to this day.

[@vihreelinja4743]

The skills have just moved. To Pakistan, India and other countries that have poor working conditions. These old machines are being used by skilled dudes in dresses and safety sandals :D

[@MrJofArnold]

​@@vihreelinja4743 All those skills are still available in UK though, that's what I'm saying. Should you want to buy a stick of rock made in China, you can do that. You can also choose to buy a stick of rock made locally. Sadly that comes with a premium that fewer and fewer people are willing to pay but there remains the option. Personally I'm more worried about loss of contemporary expertise related to AI, microprocessor manufacturing etc which are an existential threat...

[@emmabaylis4144]

That man’s face while testing the ‘carnival toys’ I’m here for it . I love watching these videos !

[@lindaa9778]

I thoroughly enjoyed each and every one of these segments . Thank you very much . So interesting 😊

[@leftyfourguns]

I had no idea jukeboxes were so intricate and precisely engineered. They must've cost a fortune to install in an establishment. Which also proves how lucrative they must've been to generate enough revenue to cover the cost plus make a profit.

[@paulmaryon9088]

Oh my goodness, I have a Phillips globe from 1955, probably made by the people in that film! Thanks for a great video, keep 'em coming and stay lucky

[@MrGlotzTV]

The amount of effort they put in for a piece of candy!

[@Tiberiuskadodia]

More like this please

[@esmeraldo7887]

Aha! These are just wonderful - as real instruction, as unremembered nostalgia, as fantastic bizarre short art film - thanks BP!

[@ajw270365]

Most of those London factories now probably luxury apartments.

[@thomasfarley6052]

Absolutely fascinating.

[@fransb8543]

Simply amazing, thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history.

[@audionmusic2787]

The incidental music applied to these documentaries from the 50s is some of the most cheerful and frantic noise ever played. Bizarre

[@pata299]

I love the Globes one. Imagine all that work to make a world!

[@jameshackett9992]

Modern day globes metre wide are very $$$$

[@paulmaryon9088]

I have one ! 1955 must have been made by those very people!!

[@jennitro]

That gold-leaf segment is super interesting.

[@tufty7663]

I used Gold leaf as a apprentice in 1977, it was then rarely used and dreamed antiquated when used in association in sighwrighting , I was only shown how to use it because my instructors were ready for retiring and wanted to pass on dying skills.I still have great admiration for my instructors, and even today I have very heart felt memeries and thanks for their kindness.

[@ChanceRoth]

That old man is still hammering after 138 years.

[@minuteman4199]

Everyone working there must have been stone deaf.

[@nickb5391]

@@minuteman4199 Pardon?

[@sanny27]

What a great content. To be honest I am so glad I don't need to work in the 1950s just because of health and safety. Can you imagine the level of noise in that gold leaf factory and no one was wearing any ear protection 😮

[@bigredc222]

Imagine standing in the same spot doing the exact same job for 50 years?

[@manxman8008]

What?

[@sanny27]

@@manxman8008 🤣

[@brettwalters-n4u]

And workers could raise a family with only dad working and have a home and a job for life, and their children also if they so wished... This was my UK I was born in 62 a Notts lad through and through.

[@robertjones1730]

but, there were women working in this video...

[@brettwalters-n4u]

@@robertjones1730 yes, after the war women wanted to work so some did, that's where the two incomes came into play...

[@dave_ecclectic]

And had families not restricted to two children.

[@jamesboardman7048]

You had to be a apprentice to pound gold leaf, the old guy had been there 63 years?

[@thediplomasta5891]

That's right. No gloves. No safety glasses. No ear plugs. No breaks. And no WHINING! 😂

[@fulmionce]

Mm mm mm, asbestos and lead, just the good ole days and prejudice (:

[@james112680]

Yeah and everyone died. Do you know how many people died industrial accidents back in the day? Jesus man. Hell the guy is making candy we're using their bare hands and forearms to roll what people put in their mouths. Cool huh?

[@thediplomasta5891]

@@james112680 yep. All the whiners! 🤣

[@thediplomasta5891]

@james112680 Actually, it didn't matter how safe you were back then cuz everyone was breathing in tetra ethyl lead vapor, all day, every day, for their whole short lives.

[@mediapc4747]

and very little pay and a boring repetative job. What great times.

[@jimsvideos7201]

Tremendous quality in creation and preservation.

[@leslietarkin5705]

NGL, those aircraft models are beautiful. I wish I had some of those.

[@ddoherty5956]

Manufacturing jobs, something that could sort out our society, but something we were robbed of by the elite.

[@andrejshamin1452]

Спасибо за видео. Очень захватывающие процессы изготовления интересных и уникальных вещей. Конфета с буквами потрясающе выглядела, наверное вкусная😋

[@andrewoverland2884]

It’s so sad to see all of these high quality products made by such skilled craftsman are now mass produced in factories overseas. We let our skills disappear and failed to keep up. 😢

[@robynstephens166]

Greatly fascinating stuff Thank you

[@seventus]

A nice, mellow moment.

[@hesgrant]

This was fascinating to watch! The guy working the gold casting furnace wearing a full trenchcoat made me start sweating 😂

[@snarflatful]

That background music is the best part.

[@rokker101]

Absolutely stunning! ..I WANT that fairground rocket!

[@findjonmoses]

Great to hear how much of this was all done within the UK

[@hepsycamellia5459]

This was fabulous! Makes you grateful for health and safety. Just as interesting as the processes was the fact that most of these manufacturers were in LONDON. It's not just the nature of work that has changed. I bet they've just about all relocated or more likely closed down.

[@mthaylanprogames3689]

E legal ver essas tecnologias passados com o mesmo olhar que as gerações passadas viram, algo mágico misturado com inovador😊😂.

[@jsa-z1722]

Thank you! 🙏

[@nzs316]

An excellent video thank you for putting it out thank you.

[@DemonetisedZone]

20.18 Gold Leaf Joe Woodward has used same hammer at work for 63 years! that is extraordinary to me but no doubt completely ordinary for back then! I think i like watching this because the working class then had something that we lost along the way, community, a culture. i see this and it makes me think about my dad and his brothers❤

[@chrisftw92]

Same hammer just 5 new heads and 7 new handles!

[@robertharris1748]

@@chrisftw92 Truly the hammer of Theseus.

[@joeyw7325]

This makes me smile

[@MrJb1963]

The building where the footballs were made is in South Norwood SE25, it's still there, though it did suffer a fire a few years ago, it still stands, next to Norwood Jct station.

[@jamesboardman7048]

It was a big treat going to Blackpool, ride donkeys on the beach and get a stick of Blackpool rock candy

[@stevehageman6785]

Thanks for posting! :-)

[@natalieogren5138]

So beautiful!

[@wisdommorepreciousthanrubi8321]

Love that film. Love the thin tall candles so elegant. The pretty ice cream dolls. Everything so much work and so well done. Don't know how Romans managed to keep ice cold from the mountains.

[@arbjful]

This dude 5:04 is really enjoying his work

[@user-tgbghftvm]

Спасибо!

[@EmporerOfMankind40k]

Those rock candy makers must have no feeling left in their fingertips 😂

[@jenisedai]

This video is fascinating, and worth it just to finally know how they make rock. I have to wonder how many of these are still being made the same way.

[@TurkeyJoe]

23:00 "-is as far removed from schoolboy efforts as a headmaster is from his most backward pupil." Brilliant.

[@mikestrohlein4187]

See…we used to make things!

[@sleepyheadsleeps]

do any of these companies in England still produce products ?

[@london19657]

Better times, thanks.

[@arbjful]

In what way?

[@CFinch360]

In some ways, yes. In others, not so much.

[@yottadrive]

​@@arbjful Most.

[@Khronogi]

​@@yottadrivename some

[@yottadrive]

@@Khronogi I'm not obligated to.

[@rebekahlikesmusic2723]

This whole video is so awesome. I love the way the narrators speak, too. Also, I saw some very cool hats. Just saying. 👍 *edit* typos

[@horacerumpole6912]

Wonderful!!!!

[@tonysardane]

So, where are the credits for the people who made the documentaries? Who has the copyright on these? It's annoying seeing KZbin making profit from my father's work.

[@onestopfunstop317]

The only real changes are CNC programmable repeatability. If you go to factories in other countries where things are actually made. (Other than Chips or Cell Phones), They still do a lot by hand

[@inboilsideath]

wow that machine at 18:42 is insane! noooo thanks!

[@sdaiwepm]

Hand-made candles. Wow.

[@flymachine]

Just the fact that there was a booming market for paperweights shows how different life was. I’ve been working with paper in studios my whole life and never had to use a weight. Hilarious to see two paid men doing what cheap servos do on a CNC nowadays, they were so close to modern CNC’s with the driven disc feeder.

[@soangry]

I was just watching a modern video of glass blowers making vases with those same glass rods, using the same methods. Except they inflated the glass which stretched out the rods to interesting shapes.

[@TheArtofTheBrave]

useful things actually being made in London - imagine it! one wonders if so called 'progress' has actually improved anything.... or just siphoned off the vast majority of value and security for 'the owners' at the expense of the rest of us.

[@Blackadder75]

oh the joys of doing the same repetitive job for 50 years, 6 days a week...

[@TheArtofTheBrave]

@@Blackadder75 the vast majority still experience this life - count yourself lucky if your not one of them, fren.

[@marktubeie07]

_"...and at the final point of delivery, always ensure your Jukebox is installed at the top of a set of stairs, blocking the exit, to ensure maximum usage as your patrons attempt to pass by, jolly brilliant !!"_

[@alexartem1935]

Замечательно ! Руки работают , голова - отдыхает ...........

[@moriwaki1105]

Watching this Fantastic Film.... interrupted by Modern Tripe Advertising....makes you realise we have gone Backwards.

[@bobthebuilder2967]

Wonderful film

[@turokforever007]

See British people were not lazy it's just companies want to make more profit so moved the jobs out of the UK

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

No, look at lax the safety is, higher wages and less hours, safety gear and maternity leave etc, made sending the work offshore more profitable. Others do the crap work for far less and who cares if someone gets hurt?

[@cesarcui462]

la mano de obra necesaria para estos procesos industriales era fenomenal, hoy sin duda se ha pasado a los servicios

[@MrTVintro]

11:38 I cannot get over the dead serious look on the guys face

[@ChrisPollitt]

love it

[@2Hearts3]

The year i was born-- 1958. In the words of a Chicago song, "...a world gone away."

[@dave_ecclectic]

I want to know where the lab coats and ties went on the first guys The juke box guys have their lab coats and ties on. The candle guys have their ties on Gold leaf production requires a special smock, but still a tie is required. Oddly enough model aircraft is like glass working, no ties are worn.

[@Chironseth1970]

Cor look! British manufacturing!

[@nevascurded]

19:32 it glitched, Wiki says its called a "cutch" ?

[@MrNewtonian]

Cheers I was wondering that.

[@jakespeed63]

These films are so rich with history and color. Absolutely love the proper clothing worn by the people. And my God the woman are so slim and beautiful. Handsome men too. All appear proud of their skills.

[@dusterowner9978]

First heard of Choc-ice from the program Call the Midwife !!!

[@nigelcarren]

Was that the legendary Jon Pertwee talking about Globes? If so he would have been 35/36. 🇬🇧

[@GrooveTasticThang]

63years hammering gold- with the same hammer!! Serious dedication!! His hearing must be shot?!!

[@bigredc222]

what?

[@michaelfreeze2949]

There was some safety breaches in this video that would never be allowed these days.

[@scouseaussie1638]

No kidding Sherlock

[@FredPilcher]

Consider the expertise of the sound editor and compare to those videos where the music is so loud that you can't hear the narration.

[@damright]

Be so nice If the Uk still had a manufacturing base.. We just consume now. no skills no work and no money

[@Zach-sg5uu]

That’s just like in most of the US!! Plus, the real figure of unemployment in the US is not 3.8% 4% or 1.8%. The real figure includes people who are not counted because they gave up looking for years or decades ago is actually 40% unemployment!!

[@Zach-sg5uu]

The real figure for unemployment in the US is 40%!!

[@robertthomas3777]

Same here.🇦🇺🦘👍

[@psychedelicpython]

The original “How Its Made” show.

[@DemonetisedZone]

those old leather footballs absorbed water and became very heavy, heading a ball launched into the air by the goalie was something i would avoid, it urt my neck for hours after!

[@DanielPineau]

@LoftyPursuits - check out no.4, starting @8:06

[@lotrax]

18:40 can you imagine the tinnitus in those days

[@djay6651]

63 years swinging the same hammer...😮

[@cornelmasson4610]

Spray painting with no PPE. Got to love it 😅

[@coolhand1964]

In the words of the Two Ronnies - 'Four Candles'.

[@beautylovess13]

I’m just wondering where these items are now and if they survived

[@cornjobb]

how it's made - the early years

[@sammerritt730]

In the first one they’re just making glass paperweights

[@flybobbie1449]

The travel agent model aircraft are collectible's now.

[@andrejohannsen4089]

Whats with the six year apprent?

[@markmiwurdz2248]

@andrejohannsen4089. Back in the last century, some trades required a six year apprenticeship. However some 18 months to two years of that time was to allow for conscription - called “National Service” here in the U.K. I served a five year apprenticeship in the printing industry. Some of the qualified tradesmen/journeymen who trained me had served seven year apprenticeships to include their National Service period. However I did meet some compositors who had served seven years. Five years hand typesetting. And a further two years as stonehands, imposing the pages of type in the right position - and “mirror imaged” - so as to print on both sides of the sheets of paper with the pages in sequence when folded. Compositors were at the well paid end of the printing industry. Stay safe and well.

[@imaginationworkshopstudio]

Master Craftsmen.

[@rg5252-y2v]

Sadly, if those furnaces of the glass shop have not gone out yet I doubt they will last another decade.

[@mac3864]

The complete lack of any OH&S in this video is amusing. You especially have to appreciate the food handling with no gloves face mask etc. and the guy who has been spray painting globes for 30 years without a mask. Also so much of this work can be easily automated these days it looks ridiculous when viewed from modern times.

[@Blackadder75]

yet all these people in the comments with their rose tinted glasses... I wonder what it takes to change their mind.... maybe letting them hammer at a machine for a month, and then saying, this is what you will be doing for the next 40 years....

[@oo0Spyder0oo]

A lot of monotonous robotic work days for many, people moan about them being replaced by robots but would you do it? And you saved for ages to get a holiday somewhere, they weren’t that well off.

[@sicks6six]

very interesting, the gold leaf is possibly the only surviving skill, but I know what the model plane bloke gave his son for Christmas, spitfire and Messerschmitt BF 109 or maybe a Mustang and Mitsubishi Zero,

[@jamesboardman7048]

Now ladies the film crew arrives tomorrow, so look your best,and the ladies at the globe factory did just that, make up new hairdo ,best jewelry and polished nails

[@jamesboardman7048]

Molten glass and nothing between it and your bare hands, a wet newspaper

[@cherryy7609]

Jon Pertwee doing the globe voice over?