| FOOTBALL BALL MANUFACTURE A visit to a football factory plus scenes of Arsenal players practising. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6006 | |
| Catalog #: | 144848 | |
| Clip Number: | 144848-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 57 | |
| Timecode: | 01:08:49 - 01:11:15 | |
| Location: | England, Highbury | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Leather (Tannery) INDUSTRY: Sporting Goods LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SPORTS/SOCCER: Misc | |
| Description: | FOOTBALL BALL MANUFACTURE A visit to a football factory plus scenes of Arsenal players practising. Manufacturing footballs (soccer balls) at Webber Bros. factory. Starts with CU football on ground; it is kicked. MS a few members of Arsenal Football club bouncing the ball around on their heads passing it from one to the other during practice in stadium (empty). CU Face of Arsenal captain Cliff Holton heading ball. MS Arsenal players juggling with ball on their foot. Players include Holton, Derrick Tapscott, and David Bowen. CU more bouncing ball off head. Now the factory where footballs are made. MS man rolls up a sheet of leather and carries it out of picture. MS man places sheet of leather on cutting machine, and begins stamping out football panels. CUs of machine cutting panels. MCU worker carries a stack of cut panels and gives them to another worker (Joe Kidd, age 70) who puts them to the side and continues working; he is using hand tools to grip the leather pieces and stretch them. CU/MS of the man stretching leather. CU another man stitching together pieces of leather. CU same. CU A young male worker sewing football MCU he finishes and pushes in one side of the uninflated ball, making it a sort of bowl shape, sets it down. MCU/CU another older worker puts the 'bladder' in and inflates ball; he is standing by a shelf with a pile of footballs of different colors. MSs Arsenal players in practice game. Ball kicked into net. | |
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