Ball Brothers Mason Jar Study
Purdue Identification Number
MSP7av4
Title
Ball Brothers Mason Jar Study
Subjects
Motion study Time study Psychology, Industrial Industrial engineering Ball Brothers Company, inc.
Abstract
The film documents the motions of workers at the Ball Brothers Company , showing how worker efficiency was increased through elimination of wasted motion . Employees are shown assembling parts , stamping lids , inspecting glass jars , labeling and packing bottles , and packing jars . Jar lids and rings are assembled by workers from a conveyer belt . Specific workers whose name are known include Verl Mellott , "Tiny " Vanderburg , Bessie Allen , Marie King , Edgar Jones , "Mac " McCreery , Marcella Lykins , Mary Jones , and Wanda Hill . Employees appear to have worked at the Ball Brothers Company Plant Number 2 in Muncie , Indiana .
Description
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth were pioneers in the field of industrial management . Filmed time-motion studies were one method they used to attempt to find the "one best way " to do a myriad of tasks in industrial , office and domestic settings . Frank Gilbreth took over 250,000 feet of 35 mm . film and was able to increase the efficiency of repetitive tasks in these settings .
Contributors
Gilbreth, Frank Bunker, 1868-1924 Gilbreth, Lillian Moller, 1878-1972
Date of Original
1918
Extent of Original
39 min., 37 sec. : si., b&w.
Type
movingimage
Format
video
Repository
Virginia Kelly Karnes Archives and Special Collections Research Center, Purdue University Libraries
Collection
Frank and Lillian Gilbreth Papers, 1869-2000
Series Title
Audio Visual , circa 1915-1979
Rights Statement
Purdue University Libraries
Date Digitized
2006
Digitization Information
The preservation of the original film and its transfer to DVD was made possible by funding from the National Film Preservation Foundation and the Purdue University Libraries.
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