| FISH LEATHER Fish skins are turned into a material used to make belts, shoes and bags | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7141 |
| Catalog #: | 106951 | |
| Clip Number: | 106951-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 271 | |
| Timecode: | 01:10:24 - 01:11:55 | |
| Location: | Mitcham, Surrey. | |
| Year Shot: | 1949 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Accessories, Misc FASHION: Leather INDUSTRY: Leather (Tannery) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Surrey | |
| Description: | Fish leather. Mitcham, Surrey. M/S piles of Grimsby fish boxes full of fish skins. They go through a series of treatments which turns them into leather like material. This is the brain wave of two men Stanislaw Czuba and Witold Euncewicz. CU Crates of fish pan to men working on crates. CU Vat. CU Tipping box in. CU man stretching fish skin. CU Fish skins laid on table man scrubbing them. CU Man's face. M/S as they examine the skins, one brushes the leather and machines polish it. CU Man scrubbing fish. MS Woman processing skins. GV Workshop processing skins. MS Smoothing skins on grindstone. MS Processing skins. CU Man's face. CU Cutting patterns etc. CS. Skins hanging up to dry. M/S of strips of it hanging up on a rail. CU Woman putting on lipstick pan down to dress. M/S of woman wearing belt made from the material, another has shoes and a handbag fashioned from it. Various shots of a lady wearing a dress which has a fitted top made from the material. CU Belt of fish-skin. CU Shoes. MS Woman sitting at table. CU Opening handbag. CU Table with case on it hand takes case away. CU Handbag girl takes hand out and poses bag. LS Girl in white dress by window. CU Top of dress. | |
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