Making Remingtons in Czechoslovakia in 1935

Filed under: AV Club, Diversions, typewriters — olivander September 22, 2010 @ 7:41 am

This absolutely terrific short film from 1935 showed up on YouTube. It shows the manufacturing process of a Remington No.16 typewriter from milling to final assembly. There’s a stop-motion animation sequence toward the end that would have made Ray Harryhausen proud.

7 Comments »

  1. That was really cool!

    Comment by deek — September 22, 2010 @ 9:14 am

  2. Magical! And a little depressing. Can’t imagine having the job of the Decal Lady, for example. “Another day, another glass of water.”

    Jelly Belly has a factory very close to where I live: we take the kids up there now and then for the factory tour. Over the years it’s become increasingly automated. Seeing a film like this is a reminder of just how much hand-work went into one of these machines.

    Comment by mpclemens — September 22, 2010 @ 10:30 am

  3. Very cool video.

    Comment by Strikethru — September 26, 2010 @ 10:51 pm

  4. Ah, the days of hand-crafted, American-made machinery. That is a cool video.

    Comment by Justin — September 26, 2010 @ 11:03 pm

  5. Really a delightful film — I love the animation and the music. Thanks!

    Comment by Richard P — October 1, 2010 @ 2:27 pm

  6. Oops, I guess they weren’t made in America. Regardless, they were hand-made, which is very interesting and very cool.

    Comment by Justin — October 20, 2010 @ 11:28 am

  7. What a find! Ad hoc association: Charly Chaplin’s “Modern Times”.

    Comment by shordzi — November 17, 2010 @ 3:39 am

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