Spacelab Module Structure

Recordings of construction of the Spacelab 1 module, taken at Aeritalia in Torino. Transferred from 8mm stock; film was shot by ESA resident engineer Dieter Lammers between 1975 and 1977.

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02:02:29:00 Title: Spacelab Module Structure
02:04:11:00 ESA HQ - flags, etc. [at Torino?]
02:05:23:00 aerial views of mountains, gvs' Torino
02:06:49:00 Aeritalia sign, gvs' ext. establishment
02:08:41:00 line diagrams of module structure
02:09:14:00 factory images - milling of aluminium plate, recording of plate shape onto aluminium plate
02:11:38:00 rolling of aluminium panel
02:14:27:00 curved panels
02:15:09:00 hand tooling of panels, creation of circular hole [interface flange?]
02:16:11:00 alignment/ trimming of panels
02:17:35:00 hoovering of factory floor, etc. prior to welding, inspection of metal surface
02:19:29:00 clamping of aluminium sheets for welding
02:21:51:00 weld seams
02:22:39:00 shaving of weld seam
02:23:24:00 general footage of the welding process
02:26:06:00 gvs' factory floor with module units
02:27:23:00 gvs' Torino - including sheep led along the road, cut into gvs' int. Aeritalia [offices, personnel]
02:31:23:00 Spacelab flight module unit on factory floor