Employee at US Mint in Philadelphia places gold jewelry in furnace to be melted down

CU employee's hands taking lid off box full of gold jewelry, he picks up handful of jewelry and places it in pan, then he picks up box and pours remaining contents into pan / CU employee's hands picking up jewelry as he examines it / he places pan on table and starts scooping jewelry with small shovel into furnace; he wears thick gloves / CU man scooping jewelry into furnace / fire shooting up from furnace, man takes lid off furnace and stirs contents with large pliers, then lifts out bucket of glowing molten gold and pours it into mold / closer view of employee pouring molten gold from bucket into mold, using tongs / man flips over mold and gold bar falls out on table, he picks up bar with pliers and shows it to camera / Note: exact day not known
CU employee's hands taking lid off box full of gold jewelry, he picks up handful of jewelry and places it in pan, then he picks up box and pours remaining contents into pan / CU employee's hands picking up jewelry as he examines it / he places pan on table and starts scooping jewelry with small shovel into furnace; he wears thick gloves / CU man scooping jewelry into furnace / fire shooting up from furnace, man takes lid off furnace and stirs contents with large pliers, then lifts out bucket of glowing molten gold and pours it into mold / closer view of employee pouring molten gold from bucket into mold, using tongs / man flips over mold and gold bar falls out on table, he picks up bar with pliers and shows it to camera / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
669834762
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
September 01, 1938
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:01:38:05
Location:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr002413_01_02.mov