| THE STORY OF A BLANKET The manufacture of a blanket. From Sheep to sleep. Good scenes of textile manufacture. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7564 |
| Catalog #: | 264714 | |
| Clip Number: | 264714-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 222 D | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:54 - 01:38:56 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Textiles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 526386 THE STORY OF A BLANKET A story of the manufacture of a blanket. CU. Sheep. MS. Men loading bale of wool. WS. Piles of untreated wool woman lifts and carries huge armful of wool. MS. Woman piling untreated wool into machine. MS. Stranding machine. CU. Detail of stranding machine at work. MS. Machine operative. CU. Wool emerging in long lengths from the stranding machine. WS. Women operating giant looms. CU. Looms at work. CU. Strands of wool being fed into the loom. MS. Man working at a loom. MS. Baskets with lengths of wool on bobbins a woman takes one and fits onto the loom and sets it off. CU. Machine weaving the blanket. WS. Machines at work. WS. Tracking through machinery. MS. Woven material being washed. CU. Finished material as it emerges. LS. Pile of finished blanket material piling up. WS. Group of women at a cutting table. Cutting the material into lengths. WS. Rolling material into lengths. LS. Completed blankets rolled into piles being weighed and inspection label being attached. | |
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