Power Lines

Power Lines

16 mins | Documentary | April 8, 1944

The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and covered for insulation and protection with layers of rubber, lead, cloth and paper. The completed cables are then given high-voltage tests before being dispatched from the factory.

Power Lines

16 mins | Documentary | April 8, 1944

Power Lines
The manufacture of cables for transmitting electric power is shown. Copper bars are rolled and drawn into wire, which is twisted into strands, and covered for insulation and protection with layers of rubber, lead, cloth and paper. The completed cables are then given high-voltage tests before being dispatched from the factory.
Producers Merton Park Studios, British Council
Original title Power Lines
Directors James E. Rogers
Writers

Cast

Norman Shelley

as Commentator (voice)

Alvar Liddell

as Commentator (voice)