| CASTLES IN THE AIR Great story shows processes involved in making nylon stockings. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7115 |
| Catalog #: | 41434 | |
| Clip Number: | 41434-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 98 | |
| Timecode: | 01:41:12 - 01:43:34 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1946 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Hosiery/Stockings/Tights/Nylons INDUSTRY: Textiles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 430801 CASTLES IN THE AIR Great story shows processes involved in making nylon stockings. United Kingdom Great C/U of a girl's leg as she pulls a nylon stocking on. We then see various shots of the different processes involved in making nylon stockings. Shots of the looms, girl workers attaching the heels by machine, stockings being put on leg shapes to check for holes and weaknesses, men dyeing the stockings in vats in the dyeing house. Stockings are then put on outsize leg shapes to dry and press them. A girl factory workers checks a stocking. Cut to a woman in her bedroom examining a stocking with a satisfied look on her face. Commentator says "And so a lucky girl will soon be able to say to envious friends, "I've got some real nylons, dear"." | |
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