Ernst Leitz Optische Werke Wetzlar

Portrait of the Leitz company. After a view of the city of Wetzlar and the Leitz-Werke from the Kalsmunt, the film introduces various departments of the company: the milling shop, the engraving shop, the lens grinding shop, the adjustment department. The film also shows the assembly of a microscope and a Leica. This Leica helps to date the film: It is a Leica 1, whose production was discontinued i…