| THE GENTLE CHRISTMAS CRACKER Making Christmas Crackers | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6788 |
| Catalog #: | 444207 | |
| Clip Number: | 444207-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 271 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Toys | |
| Description: | THE GENTLE CHRISTMAS CRACKER Woman worker making christmas cracker/"Dancing" Christmas crackers. Cute Christmas story showing how crackers are made. United Kingdom MCU woman stands at table quickly counting wide sheets of thin paper. MCU she folds and cuts paper into smaller pieces. MCU woman turning handle on machine which cuts fringe along edge of stack of paper strips. More MCUs of woman quickly assembling the cracker, pasting together different colored fringed paper etc. then rolling it around a tube, tying it, dropping tiny toys into one end. Iris opens on very fancy Christmas cracker hanging from 2 wires. The wires pull apart the cracker and a bunch of stuff falls out onto table. It looks like a lot of smaller crackers. All the crackers spread out all over the screen, jiggling and dancing until they finally form the words "BEST WISHES FROM PATHE'S." Manufacturing, crafts, Christmas Crackers, toys, novelties, holidays, traditions, Great Britain, England | |
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