Thermometers (1953)

Wealdstone, Middlesex. Various shots of thermometers being made in a factory. Two men stretch tubes of molten glass taken from a furnace. Water is poured over the tubes. They are cut into sections and checked that the glass is not twisted. Merton, London. At a thermometer factory we see a woman at a table breaking the glass into small sections. Holes are bored into the ends by a flame so that the mercury bulb can be attached. The tubes are waxed and inscriptions are put on the glass in acid. Finished thermometers are checked and packed. Note: correspondence and notes on file. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire Ne