The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Workers work in the Material Department. A display case in the background contains thousands of watch- parts made since 1870. Men work in the Printing Department of the company.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. View of the Astronomical Observatory. An old man operates 'Transit' device used to obtain accurate time by observing the passage of stars across the meridian. A 'Chronograph' machine is shown where the time obtained from the 'Transit' is compared with a sidereal clock. Telescope is used for general astronomical observation.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. View of the Wireless Station that broadcasts the correct time and weather reports daily. For sending of time the wireless key is automatically operated by the master clock. Man wearing a headset operates a wireless device in the wireless station.
Exteriors of the Illinois Watch Company where pocket watches are manufactured. Employees leave factory at noon. Employees take lunch at the company's cafeteria. A patient is checked by a doctor in the company's hospital. Nurse stands beside the doctor. A friendly baseball match between 'Illinois Watches' and 'Moline 3.1 League' at the company's athletic field, large crowd gathered in the stands. Clip closes with view of a musical band started by employees. They pose with their instruments in front of the company factory main entrance.
University of Illinois Gymnasts Team pose before camera and show off their gymnastics skills at a field in Champaign Illinois. Gymnasts tumble, twirl and somersault through the air. April 1938.
Film about the state of Illinois in the United States. Students walk on the college campus of the University of Illinois. People enter a building of the university. A student looks through a dumpy level on a transit scale. An observatory in the background. Another student stands holding a scale. Students walk, carrying another dumpy level, on tripod in the background.
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