[CORDIAL MAKING]

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Year
1925
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F9156
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Year
1925
Reference
F9156
Media type
Moving image

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Place of production
New Zealand/Aotearoa
Categories
In-House
Duration
0:07:25
Production company
NZ Radio Films
Credits
Camera: Edwin Coubray

The processes of the Grey and Menzies Ltd. soft drink factory .

0 ft. Iris in. L.S. Factory interior. Man putting bottles in boxes, pan across to another doing the same.
19 ft. Pan across vats and barrels labelled 'Tarton Lemonade', 'Orange Crush', 'Special dry ginger ale'.
34 ft. M.C.U. Man puts glass into vat, inspects contents.
53 ft. Liquid running in vat.
60 ft. Liquid in vat.
68 ft. M.C.U. Gauges.
80 ft. M.C.U. Hands remove stuff [from cooker].
92 ft. M.S. Man. Tank demijohn, sediment shaken up.
96 ft. C.U. Liquid in demijohn.
118 ft. M.S. Man, tanks.
125 ft. Various containers, bubbles rising in them, bottle tops dropped in.
180 ft. M.S. Upturned bottles on machine to be cleaned.
207 ft. M.S. Steaming vat.
218 ft. C.U. Bottles being washed.
301 ft. M.S. Man inspecting bottles.
314 ft. M.S. Two men working. Sign at rear, “Grey & Menzies Ltd Aerated Waters”.
347 ft. Bottles filled and capped.
358 ft. Bottles filled with syrup then filled with aerated water, then capped.
372 ft. Labelled, put in boxes.
485 ft. C.U. Container of bottle caps, hopper filled with caps.
523 ft. M.C.U. Another bottle filling procedure.
534 ft. Capping.
539 ft. Labels, process shown.
575 ft. Similar to opening sequence, packing bottles in boxes.
594 ft. Boxes of bottles stacked up. Pan across to lorries being loaded, leave the dockway. Trucks are labelled with, “Grey & Menzies” signs.
637 ft. Barrels of cordial, 'Pure lemon juice' etc.
654 ft. Pan across bottles of cordial on shelves.
668 ft. End.