| Bats and Balls: Restoring Old Baseball Gloves | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 202 |
| Catalog #: | 458311 | |
| Clip Number: | 458311-1 | |
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| Location: | Ava, Missouri | |
| Year Shot: | 1997 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Sporting Goods | |
| Description: | 21.00.17.- MS's & CU's Rawlings employee (decked out in Rawlings wear) restoring an old & worn-out baseball glove. He rips off stitching, takes out stuffing, removes seams with knife. He talks to the producer about what he's doing and why he's doing it, likening the owner's love of the old glove to the love of classic cars. 21.09.26.- MS's & CU's Rawlings employee inspecting & separating large swatches of leather on table in factory. 21.20.03.- ECU Rawlings label on old baseball glove, zoom out to CU. CU's worn baseball glove on table. 21.21.00.- MS employee placing old baseball glove over new lining on a metal glove mold. 21.21.48.- MS employee glueing liner to glove. 21.23.37.- CU's employee stitching new seams and protective liner on old glove. 21.29.14.- MS's employee finishing stitches, cutting excess material, cutting new eyelets. 21.31.31.- CU employee adding new eyelets to glove. 21.31.48.- MS's & CU's employee glueing liner to glove, adding new eyelets, etc. 21.33.52.- MS's & CU's employee lacing thin leather strips through eyelets of old glove. Professional handiwork. 21.47.51.- CU's employee stitching cupped leather bridge between thumb & forefinger of old glove. MS's employee pulling thin leather strips through eyelets along fingers, essentially stitching them together; he clips the extra material, pulls new leather strip through tightening buckle. 21.54.19.- MS employee oiling the newly refurbished glove, then trying it on for fit. 21.56.11.- CU employee cutting pieces out of treated cowhide via machine & molds. | |
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