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"Making Blasting Caps" film

Creation: circa 1930
 Collection
Accession: 1996-243
Making Blasting Caps
Making Blasting Caps

Abstract

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. The company was established in 1802 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) the company began with the production of gunpowder. This item is the film Making Blasting Caps which documents the process of making blasting caps.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1930

Creator

Extent

1 item(s)

Physical Description

1 reel (800 feet) ; sd., b&w ; 16mm.

Historical Note

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. The company was established in 1802 by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) and his son Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) the company began with the production of gunpowder. The du Pont’s purchased a mill site on the banks of the Brandywine River just North of Wilmington, Delaware. During wartime the company was a major supplier for the United States government. During peacetime, the company marketed their product towards sportsmen and hunters. Throughout the 1900s and 1910s, the company shifted its focus away from gunpowder production and towards chemistry innovations including explosives.

In 1902 the DuPont Company acquired the Smith Electric Fuze Company and some other properties in the Pompton Lakes, New Jersey area. DuPont continued the manufacture of fuses, blasting caps, and other blasting supplies at the plant, adding a shell plant and other facilities. By the end of World War I, some 7,500 people worked at the site. The works diminished in size in the 1920s, concentrating on the manufacturing of commercial blasting supplies.

Scope and Content

This item is the film Making Blasting Caps which documents the process of making blasting caps. The film was probably shot at the Pompton Lakes plant in New Jersey of DuPont Company.

Existence and Location of Copies

This film has been digitized [FILM_1996243_FC01].

Access Restrictions

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Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title:
Making Blasting Caps film
Date:
2015
Description rules:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description:
English
Script of description:
Latin

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository

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