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Cement (1950)

Cement poster
Directed by
Per Holst
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
10 min

How it feels

This Danish documentary explains how chalk and clay formed over thousands of years to become the basic ingredients of cement. It shows the laboratory process and the large-scale production at a cement factory in Aalborg, then follows the cement as it is shipped worldwide for use in buildings, roads and bridges.

educationalinformativematter-of-factindustrialdatedstraightforwardinstructionalslow-paced

What happens

Cement er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1950, der er instrueret af Per B. Holst efter manuskript af Albert Mertz. Filmen fortæller kridtets og lerets tilblivelseshistorie og viser de mange årtusinders aflejringer, der har skabt disse to fundamentale bestanddele i cementen. På cementfabrikken i Aalborg vises i laboratoriet i lille format, hvordan cementfabrikationen foregår, og man følger derefter i storfabrikationen den samme proces. Cementen forlader fabrikken for at forsendes ud til hele verden. Til bygninger, veje og broer bruges alle vegne cement, et af 1950'ernes vigtigste byggematerialer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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