Short Documentaries

Short documentary films about the holdings of the Iron Library and Corporate Archives of Georg Fischer Ltd

Since Summer 2020, the Iron Library has been on YouTube with its own channel. Here you will find short documentary videos in which we provide insights into highlights from our holdings and the history of GF. New videos will be posted regularly.

 The Iron Library #2: Jacob Leupold's Theatrum Machinarum

For the second episode from the rare books collection, we take a look at one of the great encyclopedia of pre-industrial technology: the richly illustrated Theatrum Machinarum.

 Interview Adrian Knoepfli: Crisis management at GF (#3/4)

During a visit to the Iron Library, economic historian Adrian Knoepfli talks about the most important crises in the 20th century and their influence on GF. Episode 3: the Oil Crisis of the 1970s.

 Interview Adrian Knoepfli: Crisis management at GF (#2/4)

During a visit to the Iron Library, economic historian Adrian Knoepfli talks about the most important crises in the 20th century and their influence on GF. Episode 2: the Great Depression of the 1930s.

 Interview Adrian Knoepfli: Crisis management at GF (#1/4)

During a visit to the Iron Library, economic historian Adrian Knoepfli talks about the most important crises in the 20th century and their influence on GF. Episode 1: 1902 - Crisis in the Machine Industry.

 GF History Channel #1: Cooking against the crisis

In the first episode from the GF Corporate Archives, Franziska Eggimann explains how GF came to include an unusual product in its range and how it soon became "every housewife's dream".

 The Iron Library #1: On the Trail of Past Pandemics

For the first episode, Christopher Zoller-Blundell shows with a selection of four works what traces, literary and otherwise, past pandemics have left on the holdings.

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