Gold Beating Out Takes (1950-1959)

Unedited material. Two men work with gold. A beaker containing raw material is carried to a small kiln. A lid is placed on the top of the kiln. Beaker is brought out of kiln using metal tongs. The molten liquid is poured into a mould to make an ingot. The ingot is turned out of the mould and taken to a press. The ingot is passed through the press several times. We see this in C/U. More pressure is gradually applied to flatten the ingot. It becomes thin and soft, like golden ribbon. This is carried off in a blanket. Man measures raw gold from a flat dish into a beaker. Top shot of men at work pounding gold with hammers. Another man is doing close work with gold leaf. He places small squares of gold leaf in between brown paper with tweezers. This is then wrapped up and pounded with a large wooden hammer. We see this in C/U. The package is unwrapped and we see that the small squares have been flattened and stretched to twice their size within the package. C/Us of men working with hamme