"UNDER YOUR BONNET” 1950s EXIDE LEAD ACID BATTERIES MANUFACTURING PROMO FILM UNITED KINGDOM XD39264
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This black and white film from the United Kingdom documents the manufacturing of Exide brand automotive batteries and most likely dates from the early 1950’s. You’ll see footage of batteries being built from start to finish, as well as the real-world applications of wet cell batteries in everyday life. Produced by World Wide Pictures, written by Stephen Clarkson and John Krish, produced by Hindle Edgar, directed by John Krish.
An automotive battery is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically powered internal combustion engine that actually propels the vehicle. Early cars did not have batteries, as their electrical systems were limited. Car batteries became widely used around 1920 as cars became equipped with electric starter motors.
00:08 TITLE CARD. 00:58 Benjamin Franklin conducts the kite experiment 01:09 Alessandro Volta invents the voltaic pile 01:36 Gaston Planté invents the lead-acid battery 02:01 Battery case mounted on Rolls-Royce 10 hp automobile 02:22 City street and cars at night 02:35 Man rushes out of house, experiences car trouble 03:04 Man checks under bonnet (hood), calls garage 03:52 Cheap battery examined 04:26 Exide Batteries display 04:38 Exide Clifton Works outside Manchester, United Kingdom 04:55 Battery plates cast; ingots melted and poured into grid mold 06:29 Forklift moves grids to pasting shop 06:39 Gantry crane moves drums; man inspects lead mixing machines 07:14 Man sprays water onto shop floor 07:22 Man in respirator stirs paste; grids pass through pasting machine 08:19 Grids in drying oven 08:30 Grids moved to forming shop, inspected, placed in tanks 09:14 Tanks filled with acid, current passed through and plates become active 10:01 Porvic plastic separators made 10:44 Women workers trim, inspect separators 11:39 Battery containers on conveyer belt, sheets of rubber cut, ingredients added 12:06 Man operates mixing machine 12:30 Case molding shop, man operates molding press 13:09 Raw material added to mold, die descends, man watches pressure gauge 14:27 Finished container emerges from mold 14:58 Cell lids pressed 15:11 Plastic vent plugs made 15:27 Hand molder pours molten lead pulled into intercell connector molds 15:49 Individual parts inspected 16:13 Containers pass through high voltage tester 16:33 “Exide” logo painted 16:50 Final assembly begins on assembly line 18:01 Positive and negative plates interleaved 18:31 Porvic separators inserted 18:54 Plates inserted into container 12:33 Cell lids attached; time code tag added 19:45 Sealing compound poured into container, flamed over 20:20 Intercell connectors installed, burned on 20:40 Each cell tested under air pressure 20:57 Vent plugs installed 21:08 Final inspection; finished batteries on conveyer belt 21:48 Batteries tested in extreme temperatures 23:00 Department heads in meeting 23:40 Battery sealer compound, lead oxide tested 24:29 Lead alloy examined on tensometer, galvanometer 25:34 Finished batteries boxed up 25:44 Exide-Drydex lorry (truck) 26:08 Exide London Depot at Park Royal; workers stack boxes 26:47 Animated map of Exide depots and service agents 28:35 Mine railway 28:48 Steam locomotive, train interior 29:09 Farm tractor with Exide battery 29:20 Helicopter dusts crops 29:25 Lockheed Constellation aircraft at airport 29:34 Formation of de Havilland Vampire jets 29:46 Pilot ejects from Gloster Meteor jet 29:57 Centurion tank, messenger on motorcycle 30:22 Royal Navy light cruiser 30:36 Officer closes hatch on submarine 30:49 Surfaced submarine descends 31:15 weather balloon, rocket launched 31:37 Cargo ship at sea, lighthouse 32:15 Battersea power station, London 32:22 Surgeons perform operation in hospital 32:32 Neon signs outside theaters, concert halls 33:03 Exide Batteries neon sign 33:16 END
Exide was originally a brand name for batteries produced by The Electric Storage Battery Co., founded by W.W. Gibbs in 1888, later Exide Corp. In 1894, Gibbs consolidated the battery business by purchasing patents owned by rivals. Today, Exide both manufactures and recycles lead acid batteries.
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Just goes to show what we've lost over the years, when a film about battery production is more entertaining than the latest hollywood film.
The dramatic music and camera angles while they were making the hard rubber containers.. Had a 1940's horror film feel...I was expecting Frankenstein to come up!! Great video....
Exide in England was part of the Chloride electrical storage company based at Clifton junction Manchester, besides car batteries they also did radio accumulators. They also did dry batteries under the Exide name, they also had a division called Drydex which also did dry batteries and torches. The site was massive, sadly all gone now apart from the main building which is now listed. It still has the name Chloride on it. Chloride also did dry batteries and wet cell batteries. In the old days car batteries were made of hard rubber with external cell link bars. Some car batteries were also in wooden cases. Manchester also was home to Oldham batteries who had a factory at Denton. This firm also did torches and miners cap lamps. Exide did these batteries to under the name Exide Triclad. At one time Britain was a huge manufacturing hub, sadly not now though.
Nice one Mike! My dad worked there for decades and one of my earliest memories is going on one of the 'open days' and seeing a massive vat of molten lead - they opened the lid so we could peek in! Imagine the safety paperwork today to approve a visit of worker's kids to a lead-processing plant. Anyway, the main reason I'm replying is just to add they also made submarine batteries - the cases were about 5' tall as I remember. And I'm sure you remember MEL next door: Magnesium Electron, where several family friends worked for decades. Two power-house factories that put food on the table for hundreds of people in Salford & Swinton.
Lead Acid batteries are not much different today. Its proven technology alot of people take for granted
@3:30 Because he has a 3000 Watt stereo & was blasting Adele until 3 in the morning without turning on the engine, that's why
I have an Excide battery made up with glass containers in a wooden tray. If anyone can shed some light on it, please let me know! Thanks.m
Glass case batteries predate the ones from this film, probably around 1920’s.
Bet it was the middle 1800s used for Telegraph operation ! Saw a old movie a bunch of Indians raided a out fit setting poles one of them tried to drink one thinking it was fire water and of course spit it out and the worker handed them two wires and shock them badly the Indians wanted no part of that stuff and promptly left !
Back in the day in areas not covered by a utility, it wasn’t unusual to have a rack of batteries and a generator, either in the basement or in a farm shed. Something like 36v DC. ruclips.net/video/vFqCY9_hMGk/видео.html Some old farms around here still have remains of these systems.
Before it was quality not quantity, but the most impressive is there were none of them around.
"Battery is flat"? I reckon then an out of air tire (tyre) has been "discharged". 😁
So volta was the 1st person to lick a battery and get a tongue shock! amazing!.
Ever wonder how many of those men in the lead factories died of lead poising?
7:20 onwards,it describes how careful they were with regards to health .
All of them
They took great precautions to prevent acute lead poisoning but I’m sure they had health problems from chronic exposure.
A good battery as long as it was not conected to a Lucas electrical system. Beware the PRINCE OF DARKNESS might strike!!!! LOL
Not to put a too fine point on it, but having a flat battery is worse than a bee in your bonnet
I have a Japanese car , the battery lasts for at lest 10 years . But at the end of that time and need to buy a replacement . A new battery only lasts 2 years at most ! Why is that ? Something wrong here !
First of all, CHEK MFG DATE. Batteries sit on shelves for months, SELF discharge, become sulfated, hence, resist charge even if u DO charge it (in which ppl DON'T). Results, short life battery/alternator goes bad having to overwork to compensate. If a battery shows 12v/@ 50% charge off the shelf, alternators MAINTAIN it @ 50%, so ppl who say let the alternator charge it are cutting their own throats. This is WHY battery chargers are invented. ALSO, always trickle charge it and not blast it with high amps. See? Alot of work & no one wants to go the extra yard. 🤔🖖😉 Oh did I mention clean terminals/contacts & an alternator belt tightened properly, perhaps, check to see if battery is being charged by alternator. I promise u, u do all this, u will get 5+yrs out of your batteries.😁
PS U are talking about traction battery. The more u use it the better. Clean blower filter on battery (by your back seat) or it overheats. And last, dont rebuilt/ buy used battery. If one module is bad, others are soon to follow. U get what u pay for. So buy new.
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I keep my long, lovely blond locks under my bonnet. My battery is under the hood.
Really good cinematography.
By the 1990's Exide had lost their way, at least in the USA... churning out leaky, short-lived garbage that was lucky to last a year in automotive service. A pity. I hope they have improved since then.
They bit off more than they could chew, buying out general battery and assuming all liability for their decades of pollution! They are currently the 3rd largest battery manufacturer in the world !
They went bankrupt in May 2020 due to environmental liabilities, primarily the Los Angeles recycling site. North American operations were sold off.
I have to say from being in the trucking biz the worst lasting Battery’s are Decka and Interstate get two years out of a set of them the best are made by Johnson controls they made the die hard and auto zone battery’s along with Walmart’s ! And NAPAS too good lasting ones .
I have to say from being in the trucking biz the worst lasting Battery’s are Decka and Interstate get two years out of a set of them the best are made by Johnson controls they made the die hard and auto zone battery’s along with Walmart’s ! And NAPAS too good lasting ones .
@@johnsiders7819 Johnson Controls (now Clarios) makes Interstate. In fact, Interstate is their direct sales brand and the one they sell to Costco.
"False economy" but isn't that how the whole world works nowdays?
why is there a time stamp blocking a lot of movie?
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The only issue is the PF# numbers bar at thee bottom in the way of some of the footage. But still nice to watch - thanks.
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Dang makes me want a edible
Love from india❤
Bit of concern about them handlin' those plates w/ their bare hands. Hope they washed up, afterward.
The most recycled item , the good old lead acid battery. It's 100% recyclable.
Sounds good in theory. Exide went bankrupt last year and sold off their operations. Why? Lead contamination around their Los Angeles recycling site. Isn't that simple of an idea when you actually have to do it.
Interesting look back at history. A few things have changed yet much remains the same.
Time slot 2.21 - the car is this one en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_10_hp
Maybe one day, they’ll be able to make a battery small enough to fit into a coat pocket that can power a light bulb for hours at a time. Probably not during our lifetimes though, huh?
This can be done with a LED light - most lithium batteries packs have them.
You’re talkin crazy man!
Perhaps someday. but not likely in our lifetime. although they testing some pretty wild ideas
This entire process is totally automated nowadays.
all but quality control, it is now done by the person that buys it. how sad
@@martehoudesheldt5885 An educated customer is the BEST customer. Problem IS they sit on store shelves UNCHARGED, become sulfated, customer buys/doesnt charge, hence, short life. Or alternator overworks/goes bad. 🤔
1950 to2021i Nevers sée how it made batterie
4:00 😐 thought you weren’t supposed to touch inside of battery 🔋?!
No but realistically as long as you wash your hands soon after you'll be fine.
You brits really are something else. Its not a friggen bonnet. Its a HOOD! Im sure you brits have heard the word HOOD before... There is a reason its called a hood.
Nah mate, you need to "wing" it before you get "boot"ed off here.
They call the hood the bonnet and the trunk the boot . They use that term in Australia too
Lighten up "Francis". (from the movie "Stripes") 😂😂🤣🤣😜
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@@13thdukeofwybourne69 Ha ha. I see what you did there. I worked for a brit for 16 years. I can even understand cockney.
This was from a time when men took pride in their work, unlike today, slap it out get a paycheck and go home no matter what a pos you just made.
U must be mgmt. ALWAYS easy to criticize when u have no clue. Breathing lead/ breathing sulfuric acid, access to explosions, piss poor pay, no gloves, no masks, & no protective clothing. And lack of a living wage. 🙄
One spark in that place and boom! I’m surprised the factory doesn’t float in the air