| SWEETS FOR THE SWEET Good footage of chocolate factory in Somerdale in Avon. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7255 |
| Catalog #: | 254727 | |
| Clip Number: | 254727-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 243 | |
| Timecode: | 01:29:37 - 01:32:28 | |
| Location: | Somerdale in Avon (North Somerset), England | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FOOD: Candy INDUSTRY: Factories, Misc INDUSTRY: Food LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 496702 Sweets for the Sweet! Aerial shots of Chocolate factory at Somerdale in Avon (now North Somerset). The narrator informs us that stored inside are a hundred and fifty thousand bags of cocoa beans. L/S of a worker driving a small vehicle inside the warehouse, hundreds of sacks of cocoa beans can be seen stacked on top of each other. VSs of the cocoa beans pouring from a hopper into roasting machine. C/U of gauges on roasting machine. Several shots of the chocolate making process in progress, this includes, winnowing - which throws off the shells of the beans, the chocolate mixture being refined on huge granite rollers. Ingredients are added to the large kettles. CU machinery. Row of large machines the appear to be stirring white liquid (cream centers?) Molds are placed on conveyor. Very good L/Ss of the cream centres being placed in the centre of the chocolates by woman factory workers. Various more good shots of factory machinery moving the chocolate along a conveyor belt past women workers who pack the chocolates into boxes. Great Cus of machinery and automation. M/S and C/U of a young lady opening a chocolate box and eating a chocolate form inside. | |
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