Power: Constructing a Car Engine (1930-1939) | British Pathé
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Published 2014-04-13
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Title reads: "Power" Photographed and Produced by Morris Motors Cine Dept at Cowley.
A fairly technical discussion of how engine parts for Morris cars are made.
VS of water rushing over rocks in stream. Voiceover talks about harnessing power to mans' industry. VS of windmill turning. VS of water mill in action. VS of hydroelectric power stations and dams.
MS of an engine - cut away shots show the different parts of the engine working.
VS of molten metal being poured in a mould. Mechanical hammers are used to shape red hot metal into parts for the engine. VS of ingots of metal pressed between rollers. A crankshaft is cleaned of excess metal. More shots as the crank is finished. VS of gear parts are ground on a lathe. Teeth of the gears are cut in different ways. They are then hardened and ground down. Various shots of connecting rods being made. They are started as rough forged items and then finished by various cutting processes. Lots of drilling and cleaning with duplicate jigs. It is then bored to size for the crankshaft bearing.
VS of metal being cast in a mould. Engine cylinder blocks are cast and drilled. Bearings are bored and reamed. VS of cylinders being bored and rolled. VS of dies for casting of piston heads. The pistons are then cleaned and bored. Multiple drills are used to make holes. A shaving lathe then cuts the piston to shape using a diamond cutting edge. Various parts are rough turned from steel rods using automatic lathes. The parts are then cleaned and polished. VS of screws being made.
VS of Morris motors machine shops where engines are being assembled for cars, vans etc. Shots of an engine being assembled by technicians. VS of engine being tested on a test bed.
VS of Morris car being driven through the countryside.
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All Comments (21)
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I work at GM Powertrain Engineering World Headquarters in the shop that builds components for prototype engines. It's fascinating to see all these steps being performed by traditional rather than computer assisted machinery.
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Oh, something to remember: We see a lot of automated machines in this video, that once started, do their own thing. There were no computers in the 1930s. All of this was done via analog timing systems. Think of all the gears and such you see in an old clock, only on a much larger scale.
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I was a welder before beginning my machining career in 1983 retired in 2021. Seeing this machining work from 50 years before i started is amazingly similar and to some extent the exact same. Enjoyed the video.
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A tribute to the British skill and workmanship of the past. Thank you.
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This video should be introduced to all mechanical engineering students in early years.
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I'm always amazed when I see quality machinery from the 1930's and up.
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Pretty incredible. At some point you can imagine a conversation taking place along the lines of... 'We need to design a machine that makes the parts for the machine that makes the parts for the machine that makes the parts for the machine that makes the parts of the engine.'
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I watch this in awe! What great men we had to design such wonderful machines 100 years ago! The diamond finishing at 12.15 is amazing! I could watch this all day without tiring...
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Wonderful film and I love the commentary by Mr Cholmondeley-Warner.
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Imagine the trial and error back in the day there were no computers to simulate and assist...the engineering back there was pure genius.... Powerful imagination put into action♥️
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this is amazing thank you so much for sharing this with us
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This program explain everything even a little kid can have a idea about the engine.. very precisely
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Those machine tools look like they could last hundreds of years.
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I was a toolmaker for 15 years, now I'm an inspector and I love seeing these old machines. We still use some really old manual mills and lathes but the problem comes when you can't get parts for repair....I hate seeing them rust away before they're scrapped.
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Great video! Think of the machinist who built them machines, that's a genius!
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Dry assembly of a new motor is wild. I guess the tolerance was a lot wider back then
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amazing video. the level of sophistication is mindblowing
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I've never seen any modern program that goes into this much depth.
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amazing how much thought work and maintenance went into the production process
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I’m reading old engineering books from this era and just getting onto jig work and multi drilling operations. Really interesting and recommended to have a look if you get chance to buy old books. Many of these machines were specific to purpose and so would have been obsolete once the part changed. Some of the coatings we have for modern engines would have been considered magic when this film was made.
