ALUMINUM

Duration: 15 min

Year Published: 1941

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc

Format: 16mm

Sound: Silent

Description: Shows mining, concentrating, and processing of aluminum. Open pit and tunnel mining are both shown. We also see the preparation of aluminum oxide and its reduction to metallic aluminum in electrolytic cells, the casting process, the rolling mill. There are scenes of the fabrication of kitchen ware and examples of practical applications of the metal.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 669.7 Audience level: sh-c Guide Format/cost: 16-si-$24 Distributors / rental: University of Arizona, Extension Division $1; Visual Education, Inc (Texas) 25c; Ohio Department of Education; Indiana University $1.25; Central Washington College of Education $1

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946