Made to support WWII war workers, this 1943 War Department Training film was part of a series that covers the care and use of essential tools such as pliers and screwdrivers. It covers common mistakes that people make, how to correct them, and how to care for tools to ensure they last long. The film’s general theme is that while pliers and screwdrivers are handy tools that can be used in a lot of situations, they should still be used for their intended purposes.
0:09 “This film is restricted”, 0:17 “Official Training Film TF 9 2027 War Department” Army Service Forces Signal Corps Production, 0:26 Produced by The Plomb Tool Co. Los Angeles, 0:34 Title “Care and Use of Hand Tools Part 2: Pliers and Screwdrivers”, 0:45 overview over different pliers, 0:52 people “misusing” pliers in different situations with an animated cross going through each misused situation, 1:48 a man using a pair of pliers instead of a wrench, 2:08 a man using a plier to twist electric wires, 2:56 an electrician assembling a switchboard with a plier, 3:26 man using a Bernard Parallel Jaw Plier to hold pieces of stock and cutting something with it, 4:03 a man using a needle nose plier to do fine work, 4:30 a collection of ruined pliers, 4:45 a round nose plier being used to fasten wires, 5:11 a man cleaning the jaws of a plier, 5:40 different length pliers on display, 6:02 a man using a large screwdriver, 6:30 man showing the different parts of a screwdriver, 7:00 man injuring himself while misuing a screwdriver, 7:28 man using a scredriver that is too large, 7:50 man breaking a screwdriver by using the wrong one, 8:02 diagram showing the correct screwdriver bit, 8:16 man using two scredrivers with different blade lengths, 8:48 man using a pipewrench on a screwdriver, 9:10 man using another type of wrench to correctly help operate the screwdriver, 9:33 man using an offset scredriver, 10:01 man showing a new phillips type screw and screwdriver followed by diagrams of how they work, 11:05 man using a spiral ratchet screwdriver, 11:33 man demonstrating screws that require a span screwdriver, 12:11 summary of the “don’ts” of using a screwdriver such as using it as a chisel, to pry things, as a scraper, 12:58 a mechanic grinding down a screwdriver, 13:42 a mechanic oiling his tools before putting them away, 14:00 a mechanic intentionally burning the plastic handle of a screwdriver.
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