| GLASS FABRICS A look at how broken glass it turned into fibre and made into hats. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7131 |
| Catalog #: | 105907 | |
| Clip Number: | 105907-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 203 | |
| Timecode: | 01:38:01 - 01:40:26 | |
| Location: | Acton, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1948 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Hats INDUSTRY: Glass INDUSTRY: Textiles INDUSTRY: Waste Management, Recycling LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Acton, London. Glass fabrics - spun glass factory. C/U broken glass. M/S as man pours the glass pieces into a revolving drum. M/S sprinkler, C/U revolving belt with glass dropping down. M/S man at furnace, he puts a poker in the fire. C/U of the spun fibres. C/U girl with 'sheet cotton wool glass'. C/U hands stretching and smoothing the fibre. A girl sprays it to reinforce the fibres. The sheet then passes through a damping machine. C/U knife cutting glass fabric, M/S's as girl cuts out hat shape and assembles it. Various shots of girl assembling hats, she solders the top to the hat. Various shots as she pins accessories to them. A girl walks through some trees and models the finished hat. | |
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