“ MILEAGE IN THE MAKING - STORY OF TUBELESS TIRE “ 1961 B.F. GOODRICH SILVERTOWN TIRE PROMO 86374
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This black & white promotional film for B.F. Goodrich Tires, is about the manufacture of tubeless car tires. It was produced by Regan Film Productions, Inc., Detroit, and copyright 1961. Opening titles: Mileage in the Making: The Story of the Tubeless Tire (:07-:20). The host introduces a whitewall car tire, the B.F. Goodrich Silvertown tire. The host holds natural rubber, then synthetic rubber. The host holds high tensile steel wire. Fingers point at: Oil, Carbon Black, Zinc Oxide, and Sulphur. Tires consist of tread, plies, inner liner, and the beads (:21-1:55). A rubber cutting machine, heated knives cut raw rubber. Rubber is moved to be made more pliable. Rubber is ready for mixing with other ingredients. Rubber is cut. A man dumps the rubber into a machine. A giant mixer makes sure all ingredients are properly mixed together. Rollers on a machine move (1:56-3:20). A man watches a black sheet of rubber comes out of the machine. The rubber is cut and put on a conveyor belt. Beads in the tires are pointed at. Machine spins. Strands of wire are fed into a machine and encased in rubber. Revolving wheel winds the rubber. A bead cover is applied. The host holds inner liner. A diagram explains how an inner layer works (3:21-5:32). The host explains how a nail might affect a tire. Four plies form the core body of the car tire. Ply stock. Spools of wire. Ply stick robber is sandwiched in a machine. Finished ply stock. Ply stock is cut to proper size at an angle. Cords are running diagonally. The host holds ply stock (5:33-7:47). Criss crossing of the wire helps the tire function. Tread stock. The host points out facts about the tread as he holds it. Tread rubber is worked through a heating process. Tread stock is made and water cooled to prevent shrinking. Tread stock put on trays. The host points out the tire parts again (7:48-9:33). Tire building machine. A man wraps the inner liner around a drum. The first layer of ply material is wrapped around the inner liner. Second layer wrapped around first layer. Plies are rolled tight. Third and fourth layers of ply material added. Finishing strips applied. Tread is rolled onto the drum over the layers of ply material (9:34-12:03). At this point it doesn’t look like a tire we know. Tires put on the assembly line. Female workers apply the ply material and machines assist on the line. Tires head to be molded and curing. Each press molds two tires at a time. Curing is a name for vulcanizing (12:04-14:17). Gauge. Mold opens and the cured tired is ready for the finishing process. Tire is hand trimmed to remove excess rubber. Tire is blackened. Each tire is inspected. Tire has white wall sprayed and coated. Tires move down the line. The host stands next to a finished tire, a B.F. Goodrich tire. He reminds the viewer that high quality tires are extremely important. B.F. Goodrich tire on a Ford Galaxie car on the road (14:18-16:48). End credits (16:49-16:59).
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