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Millions of Variable Resistors
The first of two documentary films regarding the history, development, manufacture and use of variable resistors. Interesting, typical manufacture of precision electronic parts, emphasizing skilled human workers. Fade in on the CTS corporate logo. Dissolve to an aerial shot of the plant and ECU of a variable resistor. Superimpose the titles. Show an old telephone made by Chicago Telephone Supply (CTS) when it was originally in Chicago (they moved to Elkhart and it is there today; a map shows their move to Elkhart). Display of old tube radio parts made by CTS. Display of products by year of manufacture. World globe shows how CTS has grown. Display of resistors. Aerial plant. Enter front door. A mailman talks to the receptionist. CU of a resistor. Animated display shows how a variable resistor works. Cut to a 1950's radio, a 1950 TV set, display of CTS variable resistors today. Hand shows a resistor wirewound element, bent to fit the circular case; center terminal is fastened to a shaft and rotates. Turning the shaft varies the current flow to the end terminal. ECU of the finished unit. Show wirewound element replaced by carbon element unit. Carbon element is shown. CU of switch attached to the resistor. Display of various switches. Show a triple unit. John Best, son of the founder and, in 1950, the CEO of CTS, enters the plant. Board of directors meeting. Cut to the executive staff. 2-shot of engineers in research department. Model is taken to the lab for testing. Ovens filled with heated units; freezer filled with frost-covered unit. Their resistance is checked on an ohm meter. Banks of units being tested electronically. Rows of switches on test. Banks of wires. Lamp filaments glowing intermittently in test bank. Resistance leaks determined. Humidity factors are considered. Special high voltage resistors tested at 5,000 volts. Drafting tables as drawings are studied. ECU of hands working with progressive die stamping. Display of tools in CTS tool and die department... "one of the best in the country". A die is built. ECU of the completed part. A machinist bores holes in a die block and fills in metal. Optical comparator checks drawing. Heat treatment with flames. Die is immersed in cold fluid. Surface grinder smooths and parallels the surface. Punch section is shaped. Hand filling. Mating the parts in ECU. Other sections placed. CU of the finished die, male and female halves. Die is placed in the press. Dies are tested, test run in a high speed press. Show some of the hundreds of dies on racks. One is dollied out of the department.Maintenance department. Gene Ulley at work. Progressive die stamping. Office shot, sales engineer department. Group of salesmen, pan office. CU of briefcase as specs are taken on the road. Sales engineer talks to customer (Herb True) in his office. Two shot sales engineer with specifications engineer preparing data. Overhead shot samples being made up. Samples are checked by an inspector. Quality control. Samples are placed in tubes of air-tube delivery system to sales engineer office. Engineer checks the sample. Cost is prepared by accountants. Letter is dictated. Engineer gives them final check and sends the samples to the customer. Customer opens the package and checks the parts. Orders are screened by Howard Turner, VP. He opens a blueprint, then gives papers to a secretary. She delivers them to a specifications engineer. Sorting papers. Invoices are prepared. Invoice department. Workman brings a lift truck with coils of copper metal. Pan of big office. Copper piles being labeled for a "trial run". CU of a resistor. People are emphasized in a montage focusing on faces. Personnel office door opens; lady asks for information. She fills out blank in personnel office and is interviewed. References checked with other employees. Filing cabinets of folders. On job training. Operators teach a new employee to operate a machine. She works at the assembly line. LS of the workers on the production line. Cu of a worker carefully checking his job. Hand with micrometer and gauge, quality control. Classroom lecture for training during the working hours. Group of men learning. CU of faces of the workers. Two shot of women talking. Ls of the production line. Pan office. Typewriters. Pre-computer office equipment. early punch card computer. The weekly paycheck. CU of faces, hands, machines, parts. CU of a variable resistor. The End.
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 1) One day old fawn bedded, camouflage hiding it 02:42:19 one day deer bedded, close 02:44:02 same, close up of eye, zoom out 02:44:25 doe nursing fawn 02:45:38 doe nursing fawn, fawn walks between doe's legs 02:46:02 two fawns nursing 02:46:17 doe licks anus to stimulate bowels, while fawn nurses 02:49:25 fawns nurse, viewed from rear 02:54:42 fawns nurse from rear - zoom in to close up 02:52:03 doe washes fawns face 02:52:18 doe washes fawns face 02:52:48 fawn walks by, doe washes
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 1) bucks antler, almost full grown, in velvet 02:53:36 Month-old fawns walk in woods, browse 02:56:36 Month-old fawns bedded under fallen tree, zoom in 02:57:22 fawn runs to nurse 02:57:41 fawn nursing 02:58:47 doe nursing triplets (1 month old) 02:59:55 Buck antler almost full grown, flies on nose 03:04:39 Buck with velvet peeling from antlers
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 1) Buck with antlers growing, walking through dense green foliage 03:06:24 Buck with antlers in velvet, backlit 03:07:20 Buck with antlers growing, browsing, velvet close up at 03:08:16
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 1) Huge white-tailed buck backlit, drooling, trots and turns back towards camera 03:10:05 Huge buck, pose, CU, drooling 03:10:49 Huge buck and doe in breeding season 03:11:04 Huge buck tracking doe in rutting season 03:11:25 Huge buck backlit, pose, uses antler to pull down branch 03:13:13 Huge buck looks back 03:14:12 Doe bedded in woodland, gets up 03:15:21 doe walks into open - close up 03:16:31 Perfect buck with 10 point antlers, running behind trees
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 1) 10 point perfect buck rubs antlers on tree 03:20:56 doe close up 03:21:59 10 point perfect buck in woodland 03:25:07 10 point perfect buck in woodland feeding, browsing uphill, looking alert
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 1) Buck runs and jumps high 03:27:46 Buck runs with tail up 03:28:18 Buck in woodland - faces camera, goes up hilltop 03:29:09 buck with injured right front leg 03:29:19 Buck runs up hill 03:29:23 Buck in woodland 03:30:35 Buck & yellow maple leaves, feeding on leaves
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 1) Texas bucks - tremendous fight as one chases the other through low brush on hilltop 03:32:30 Buck silhouetted against sunset 03:33:05 Buck on scrape - low light
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 2) Two fights between two huge bucks in forest - one slowly approaches the other, they face off and clash antlers
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 2) Bucks fight in water - shake off water
White-Tailed Deer
(Tape 2) Young buck feeds in brook - nice autumn color 03:39:10 Huge buck bedded - close 03:39:54 Huge buck in woodland 03:40:18 Huge buck in woodland 03:41:05 buck walks in and drinks from little creek 03:42:08 Buck's aggressive run at doe not in picture - close
Millions Of Variable Resistors
Two documentary/sales films showing the history, development, manufacture and use of variable resistors, used in the manufacture of color TV sets and other electronic equipment. Focus in on CTS corporate seal. Dissolve to TV screen, distorted image. Superimpose titles and credits. Dissolve to rolls of copper metal. Dissolve to CU of a variable resistor in a hand. Dissolve to an aerial shot of the plant. Stop motion as variable resistor components are shown. A workman inspects the metal with a micrometer. Round rod is checked with a ring gauge. A hex rod is checked with a micrometer. Rockwell hardness tester checks for hardness. Return to 15 piece parts of the variable resistor. CU of the carbon element. A sign saying "KEEP OUT" hides the secret manufacturing of the carbon element. Sorting of the resistors for tolerance. Sorted resisitors stacked on rods. A sheet of black plastic is sheared, blanked on die cutting machine. Punch press operator checks for defectives. Two end terminals are shown. The terminals are formed from metal on high speed presses. CU of this operation. Inspector checks parts. Gauges, degreasing and plating in vats. Completed terminals. Checking solderability. Rivets are made on header machines. Micrometer checks. A can of rivets is emptied. Ground plate is shown and its strip manufacture on progressive dies in high speed presses. Automatic plating machines. CU of the finished parts. Threaded bushing or thimble fastens the unit to a TV set. High speed six spindle auto indexing auto screw machines turn out these parts. CU of the finished part falling off of the cutter. Bushings are checked with instruments. Finished bushing. The center connector is blanked from metal alloy, on dial feed punch press. ECU of the parts being gauged. Plating machine gives special finish. Noise-free contact surface. Checked for solderability. Finished parts are placed on a conveyor belt. CU of a metal shop plate to keep the unit from rotating. Blanked, formed, inspected and degreased. Plastic plate is formed. Metal contact arm is fixed. Blanked and formed from special alloy, progressive formation shown. Checking with gauges and special instruments. Bins of the parts. The shaft is made on Brown and Sharp automatic screw machine. Woman workers check the parts. Secondary operations. Flat milling of the shaft ends, and micrometer check. The autoplating bath. Finished parts are checked with gauges. Bins of shafts are placed on a conveyor. A C washer is blanked from aluminum. Finished parts. Plated cover is formed from strip in progressive die machine. Finished parts fall into a bin. CU of cleaning baths for plating. CU of beakers as a chemist analyzes the baths. Finished cover sent to assembly department. Switches at the end of the resistor are assembled in production lines. Bases and terminals are assembled on bumping jigs. Pivots are staked. Finger assemble the switch. Cams and springs are assembled and staked. Switch CU with cover. Hands assemble the units. CU of hands preparing die of dial feed stamping machines with customer code. Piece parts for sub assembly. Hands assemble the parts and the camera moves down the line to a finished part. Shaft and stop plate staking on a turntable. Finished parts. Operator carries tote box of parts. Final assembly line of many women in a row. Group leader inspects the order. He puts parts on the line. First is assembly of the base, elements and terminals. Bumper jog bumps the three parts tightly. Visual checking by women. Hands perform the manufacture. Thimble roll over machine operator. Ground plates and bushing are assembled. Riveted assemblies are fastened to bushing and ground plate. Center connector is inserted. Fingers fly. Shaft, drive arm, contact arm are assembled. Lubrication. C washer locks the assembled parts. Rows of finished parts on te lie and hands and machines complete the unit. Inspection department checks each resistor against the order, electronically and mechanically. Finished parts are packed in egg-crate cartons. Box is closed. Box is conveyed to warehouse. Stacks of parts are piled. Boxes are sealed by hand stapler, with ID data packed in each box. Montage repeats the intricate machinery of the manufacturing process. Nice rhythm established here with hands, parts, machines in motion. No narration this sequence, music only. Combination of skilled humans and intricate machinery. Delivery man loads batch of cartons on truck which pulls away from the CTS plant, aerial view of the plant, and The End.
Wood Ducks Fighting
Master 2015, Tape 2 MS 2 Male wood ducks (Aix sponsa) fighting in water. One chases the other away.
Canada Geese and goslings swimming
Master 2015, Tape 2 MS Canada goose (Branta canadensis) with 3 day old goslings swimming behind her. MS pair of Canada geese swimming; the goslings swim behind their mother. MS goslings swimming between the two adult geese.
Canada Goose
Master 2015, Tape 2 MS male Canada goose (Branta canadensis) assuming threat posture; he thrusts his neck forward and holds it nearly flat against the water while aggressively calling (very low audio). The male swims near a female goose in the threat posture to chase off would be rivals.
Game Birds 1 - Grouse
Spruce grouse chick two weeks old calling from branch of spruce tree 02:25:46 Female spruce grouse in tree 02:29:16 Grouse chick CU
Game Birds 1 - Ptarmigan
Female rock ptarmigan and chicks in grass, the young ones darting about in the midst of wildflowers 02:38:03 Male rock ptarmigan feeding, CU female 02:39:56 Male rock ptarmigan in grass, hides, feeds, camouflage
Game Birds 1 - Ptarmigan
CU Head male rock ptarmigan, see red comb over eye 02:47:45 male rock ptarmigan - feathered, feeding on ground - zoom into claws 02:51:43 WS mountains and landscape, zoom into male rock ptarmigan who walks about in CU 02:56:41 CU head of male rock ptarmigan - see eyes from rear - eyes in the back of his head 03:00:00 male rock ptarmigan in flowers 03:04:45 CU head male rock ptarmigan looking at camera, then turning away
Game Birds 1 - Ptarmigan
Female willow ptarmigan close (head) calling in road
Game Birds 1 - Ptarmigan
Female Rock Ptarmigan and 6 week chicks 03:14:05 Female Rock Ptarmigan and 6 week chicks feed 03:16:59 Female Rock Ptarmigan and 6 week chicks eat bistort seeds, mother chases brood of chicks downhill
Game Birds 1 - Ptarmigan
Female Rock Ptarmigan calls, chicks move downhill NOTE: TC CHANGES TO 00:00:11 AFTER 03:29:42 00:00:48 Female Rock Ptarmigan and flowers 00:01:02 Female Rock Ptarmigan and flowers