The Drama of Steel

[@flamingfrancis]

Made in 1946 and much of this process technology was superceded during thr 1970's. Dirth and dusty Open Hearths were largely replaced by Basic Oxygen Steelmaking and the slooow process of pouring of ingots, removal from moulds, reheating for rolling into slabs etc. was all replaced by the continuous casting process. Steels were made a lot purer to give them greater purpose with the addition of processes such as controllled Argon bubbling, Vacuum Degassing etc. The average Joe Blow does not know this but it led to higher strength sheet steel in cars that were much less prone to rusting. So much change to the processes since this movie was made. Blast furnaces are much more high technoligy also.

[@gr8fulfox488]

Yeah, it's amazing that anyone could think that the decline of the American steel industry is the fault of anyone BUT the US steel makers! The fact is, when the rest of the world re-built their iron and steel plants following WWII, they used the newest and most efficient available technology; America kept-on with the tried & true tech, which cost them dearly when customers started switching from bulk, mild steel orders to small-scale, specialty steel orders; large plants in the US couldn't economically produce small batches of products made from fancier steel grades; but the new 'mini-mills' OUTSIDE the US could!

[@joeysplats3209]

One of the best documentaries ever.

[@BR-bj3ot]

Paul Harvey… “ Good day!” A National treasure

[@leemcclelland2618]

1946, Paul Harvey. Glorious narration.

[@greatndit]

what most amaze me the most are the machine that produce those steel . how did they design , how did they made that . those machinery were amazing

[@nobodynowhere7163]

Absolutely LOVE the dramatization of ancient men making steel (I mean, Yabba-Dabba Do!, let’s get some brontoburgers after this!)

[@TheLinkminer]

That is Most definitely Paul Harvey. The great story teller.

[@joeysplats3209]

Figured I weren't the first to figure that.

[@danielthoman7324]

I don't think that is Paul Harvey. It's not the same voice. Now that I've listened for a few more minutes I think it just might be Paul Harvey.

[@wes8052]

And now for the rest of the story

[@killerb5726]

Came to the comments to confirm my suspicions. And now I know, the rest of the story.

[@jasonstimpson4210]

I replayed it looking for his name.

[@tracylemme1375]

I believe that the basic oxygen process has replaced the open hearth in most places. It can refine the same charge ( say 250 tons) in less than one half hour as opposed to the 8 to 10 hours required for the open hearth.

[@amanurrahman8360]

very good document for steel

[@distrologic2925]

crazy how much infrastructure is needed for this and that they had all this over a century ago.

[@rockets4kids]

And some countries that had it a century ago no longer do.

[@clayz1]

There is a steel plant in Seattle, Nucor, which is always producing rebar for building. There is pretty much a constant stream of flatbed trucks taking the stuff someplace.

[@silver760]

To think that all you see here no longer exists.The US steel industry,though not as completely dead and destroyed as the UK one,is almost entirely gone.Creating what the US calls it's "Rust belt" of derelict steel mills,factories and other such plant.All such industries taken to Asia,a sad and sick state of affairs where profit is all that matters.They are quite happy to see their country suffer and collapse,as long as their profits aren't affected.

[@PSXDooMERR]

Thanks! Now i understand how it works - i needed it for study

[@BorderTerrier-yk2hw]

It is interesting how the checking of tinned sheet is very similar to the checking of bank notes for quality: the human eye.

[@markward6076]

I believe Paul Harvey is the narrator.

[@RichardLightburn]

Any clues on the music? It had its virtues.

[@ralphlord4158]

Amazing fewer than 50,000 people have watched this. USS put out a book (many editions) titled " The Making of Steel" that is like an encyclopedia. I'm nerdy enough to keep it as a bedside book.

[@aleksandrkirillov8496]

я с вами согласен. такие видео сейчас неодаценены.

[@shaunsmith928]

if the woke see it, its over for it. Im enjoying watching something from the past.

[@MrNobody2828]

I'm looking for a copy of that book also. I love to read books and work with steel.

[@timengleman]

The book was expanded to the point it was published in several volumes. To get it all in one volume, check on line booksellers for an edition from the 1960s or earlier. If you go back to the 20s, it is a small handbook size, with less of the later developing technologies. I had one that was still labeled "Carnegie Steel."

[@SweetBabyRey]

What company made all this serious gear

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

25:31 the narrator sounded a little bit bitter

[@MrMopar413]

I think it’s Paul Harvey but he’s not listed in the credits

[@bellowphone]

Perhaps a pair of feminine eyes found a flaw in the narrator?

[@coolranch7537]

I thought the title was witty modern title but it’s actually called the drama of steel

[@jrb_sland5066]

16:58 Six [or is it seven?] guys with shovels move in a circle picking up alloying materials & tossing same into the open-hearth furnace. Narrator: " ...because of the demand for tailor-made steels in large quantities which can be produced with this flexible & efficient method...". LOL

[@LinasVepstas]

I think they're shoveling dolomite .. that's what a different video (same era) said. It's to protect the hearth itself,

[@benm5913]

Searched, "Open Hearth Process," and got 76 videos from India and Pakistan...and this. Random.

[@PatinaChevy56]

That has got to be Paul Harvey.

[@blingbling574]

That’s me, back in the day.

[@wageslaveuranus9596]

Back when people had patience for a 60 second intros.

[@i.p.p.5594]

Portuguese Apos ver o modelo da pinça.... que é o modelo africano ....acho que tenho uma curiosidade importante e(que pode ter inflenciado a Marvel).O 1 lugar do mundo que se faria ferro era q África que esteve 1000 anos no futuro na questão metalúrgica exatamente como wakanda ...e TALVEZ muitos dos problemas atuais dela e do oriente medio veio da inesperiencia em impacto ambiental nesse processo industrial e em outros. Translator Google After seeing the model of the tweezers.... which is the African model.... I think I have an important curiosity (which may have influenced Marvel). years in the future in the metallurgical issue exactly like Wakanda...and MAYBE many of its current problems and those in the Middle East came from inexperience in environmental impact in this industrial process and others.

[@unaeruditi]

Paul Harvey Good Day

[@josephward8753]

I hear you Steve Harvey What a Treat!

[@rockets4kids]

25:30

[@2.7petabytes]

Why does that sound like Paul Harvey?

[@buzznachi]

muy bueeeno

[@kyadefy5087]

Alguém que veio de liberte aquela bruxa?

[@MrCodeTroll]

25:30 Amen! lol

[@silver760]

Isn't that the truth! Also both countries industries are now rusting skeletons of what they once were.Russia still has a little left but more close each week,America has one or two and the UK has none.

[@chuckh.2227]

The caveman is wearing a Rolex

[@speedysteve9121]

I miss that manner of speech.

[@cyoungso]

sounds like paul harvey

[@bufordmaddogtannen5164]

TRUMP!!! MAGA!!

[@funlilguy]

Feels like an analog horror documenting the exploitation of resources and labor

[@bigmedge]

That sounds like a very communist sentiment

[@12time12]

They paid a living wage back then at least, Reagan killed off wage increases and still hasn’t recovered.

[@12time12]

@@bigmedgethe “free market” types are to blame for downfall of American industry more than anyone. Boomers killed this country for cheap tax cuts and items from Asia. Now wealthy spend huge sums in politics on both sides, buy up entire neighborhoods to jack rent prices sky high, and have money left over to support vulture funds like Paul Singer who buys off American companies and strips them wholesale. Reagan policies need to be reversed, starting with ending vulture funds, stock buybacks, and taxing the wealthy at 70% effective rates just like the 1950s.