| FUR COAT A mink coat is made by furriers at Leon Duval's Grosvenor Street workrooms. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7164 |
| Catalog #: | 102428 | |
| Clip Number: | 102428-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 438 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:34 - 01:13:24 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1953 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Fur INDUSTRY: Garment, Fur LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | FUR COAT A mink coat is made by furriers at Leon Duval's Grosvenor Street workrooms. London. In Grosvenor Street workrooms we see various shots of furrier Leon Duval and colleagues working to produce a fur coat. Leon cuts and stretches mink skins with heads and paws attached. We then see various shots of the process involved in making the coat using the 'stranding' method. Edward Whittaker makes v-shaped cuts in the skin. MS Man cutting material. SCS. Smoothing material with his hands. CU Man. SCS Cutting material. SCS Smoothing and shaping. MS Cutting material. SCS.Cutting material. CU Showing skin being cut into very fine lines. MS Showing skin being cut into very fine lines. Man holds up skin to show the shredded effect. Mary Mouran and other women at sewing machines stitch the pieces into panels. LS Several women at work. CU Machine in action. BCU Machine in action. Two men work to pin the panels to a board then flatten and trim them. MS Men at work on the large design. SCS.Man pencilling around the edge of the pattern. MS Removing the pattern from the skin and turning the skin now fur up. MV.Folding the fur and removing it from table. The half-finished coat is folded up and taken away. SLS Model parading in coat before mand and woman in opening scene. SCU Woman watching. MS Model parading. MS Woman on settee in spacious room examining fur coat with man pointing out the details. | |
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