Media item

Making of drawing pins

Week number 39-42

Newsreels in which Dutch subjects of a certain week are presented.

Type:
video
Length:
01:09
Publication date:
19 October 1939
User:
Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
Creator:
Polygoon-Profilti (producer) / Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (curator)
Source:
WEEKNUMMER394-HRE0000D05B

The production of drawing pins in a factory in Haarlem. SHOTS: - people pinning different objects to the wall with drawing pins (drawing of the starting title of this item, decorative border on a shelf, photo of princess Beatrix and a map); - drawing pin in bicycle tire; - machines punch drawing pins from a metal sheet; - drawing pins are plunged in lacquer and centrifuged; - machine places plastic covers around the drawing pin heads; - workers weigh measured amounts of drawing pins and put them into boxes; - close up pile of drawing pins.