| TENNIS TRIFLES Manufacturing Tennis Racquets | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6791 |
| Catalog #: | 445148 | |
| Clip Number: | 445148-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 279 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1930 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Sporting Goods SPORTS/RACQUET: Equipment SPORTS/RACQUET: Tennis, Misc. | |
| Description: | TENNIS TRIFLES Processes involved in making tennis rackets - from raw timber to tennis court. United Kingdom LS big piles of logs; a man is painting something on the end of a log. MS carpenter splitting board. MCU man using tool to scrape long narrow board. Wider shot of same man from behind; pan on workshop with other workers doing various tasks. LS tilt down: masses of tennis rackets (or at least wood in the basic shape of a tennis racket) stacked criss-cross in tall towers; worker standing on ladder beside one of stacks. CU worker shaping racket's handle on machine. CUs of worker with racket head held in a press, shaping it on machine. CU sticking racket through another cutting machine. MS workers doing something to racket strings - punching at them with small tool; pan on more workers in factory. Another view of same. CUs man stringing racket. CU he holds it up to camera. MS young women workers stand at long counter - polishing rackets? CU woman trimming strings on racket. MLS man in warehouse putting tennis rackets up on shelves. MS 2 women workers doing something else to rackets. MCU man in tennis clothes, holding racket, smiling & squinting into sun. MS man demonstrating backhand. CU man's hand gripping racket, arm shown up to elbow. Another MS man on court holding racket. MLS man hitting volleys at the net. WS tilt down diag over court, w/ the man behind baseline on opposite side & opponent off screen. manufacturing, factory, carpenters, carpentry, skilled labor, tennis rackets, sports equipment, recreational, | |
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