Consett Iron and Steel Works 1950s - 1960s, Part 3 of 3

http://www.oldphotoforum.com/blog - In the late 1950s early 1960s a film was commissioned by the British Iron and Steel Industry to document the day to day operations of the country's most productive iron and steel plant at Consett in County Durham.

Tom Stobart, the cameraman who filmed the 1953 Everest expedition, directed and appear in the final production.

The film was produced by Interfilm. Photography by Fred Gamage, editing by Sagovsky. Dubbing editor was Michael Shah Dayan, sound recording by Ron Abbott. Associate producer was G. Buckland Smith. The film was introduced and produced by Geoffrey Sumner. http://www.oldphotoforum.com/blog

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• county durham
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[hudson501]

Wow! Look at these guys in front of the open hearth furnace! No hard hats, no silvers (protective suits from the heat and sparks), hardly anything but goggles and gloves! Took a lot of guts to work in this steel mill years ago!

[strobx1]

@silver760 It isn't much better here in the United States. Now it's China that's prospering @ peoples expense. I guess stupidity is international!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ImUreLuckyStarx1]

Too bad the steel works got closed. :(

[sprintdevil]

is that our mate hitler????

[TheWacoKid1963]

Whats the railway station at the end?

[silver760]

What a wonderful country Britain was,as I grew up at the end of the eighties I saw what remained of our once vast industries pulled down one by one,by the nineties they had killed it all.All we have now are tiny 5 man bands and the assembly sheds of big companies,who ship parts here to assemble purely for import tax purposes,cars cost more to import than parts.A sad fate for what was the workshop of the world.The country is now full of unskilled unemployable men with no work but service work.

[RBTCLD]

these old blokes did it tuff. these blokes told all us melters these days the tricks of the trade. telling the temp by eye and so on. fuken good on em

[cebudave]

Great to see this, my uncle worked at consett iron company for a while.