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The film leads the unit, which is a case study in depth of the milk bottle as a materials problem.
The film leads the unit, which is a case study in depth of the milk bottle as a materials problem.
| Module code and title: | TS251, An introduction to materials |
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| Item code: | TS251; 12 |
| First transmission date: | 21-07-1973 |
| Published: | 1973 |
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| Duration: | 00:24:20 |
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| Producer: | Colin Robinson |
| Contributors: | Nigel Birch; I. Boustead; Ronald U. Cooke; Charles Strut |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Bottling; Glass milk bottle; Lord Rayleigh's Dairy Farm; Materials; Milking; Production process; Raw materials; United Glass Works |
| Footage description: | Film sequence shows milk deliveries from horse drawn floats, circa 1920. Milk is carried in brass churns and ladled out to the housewife at the door. Shots of glass milk bottles being filled automatically at a dairy. Ian Boustead at the United Glass Works, Peasley, Lanes. He provided the commentary for the following sequence. Shots of reject milk bottles being recycled through the bottle making plant. Shots of other reject glass materials being recycled. Alan Ball, factory manager, gives some details of the recycling process. Further shots of the recycling process. Shots of silicone sand, raw material for glass, arriving by rail at United Glass Works. Shots of sand being unloaded. Shots of sand being carried to the mixer station on a conveyor belt. Pan shot of the United Glass Works factory. Ron Cooke, United Glass Marketing Manager, explains the size and economics of glass bottle production runs. Shots of a raw material delivery being made by road transport. Commentary explains that materials needed in small quantities are usually delivered by road. Shots of the raw material mixing process in action. Factory monitoring board in central control room shown. Commentary explains that the entire operation is monitored by one man. Shots of raw materials being moved to the tank furnace. Shot of tank furnaces. Alan Ball gives some details of these furnaces. Shots of molten glass being cut into measured gobs. (Each to be made into a milk bottle). Shots of glass globs going under blowing heads to be blown and molded into bottles. Commentary explains the process each step of the way. Shots of finished bottles going into annealing ovens for slow cooling. Shots of finished milk bottles being packed and loaded. Commentary discusses the future of the glass milk bottle. Ian Boustead at Lord Rayleigh's dairy farm in Essex. Several shots of the farm and dairy herd. Charles Strut, chairman of Lord Rayleigh's farms, explains why the dairy manufactures its own plastic milk bottles. (Shots of the farm during his commentary). Shots of the dairy herd being milked by machines. Nigel Birch, a director of Lord Rayleigh's farms explains how the expertise for producing plastic bottles was obtained. Shots of part of the plastic bottle making process (mixing raw material). Nigel Birch continues his discussion. Shots of plastic bottles being formed by machine. Commentary explains the process. Shots of finished plastic milk bottles being filled, packed and loaded. Shots of bottle tops being cut and placed on full milk bottles and heat sealed. Shots of full bottles being packed and loaded. Ian Boustead sums up. Ron Cooke sums up the case for and against plastic milk bottles. Charles Strut sums up the case for plastic milk bottles. |
| Master spool number: | 6HT/71101 |
| Production number: | 00525_5038 |
| Videofinder number: | 1564 |
| Available to public: | no |
