| THOSE ARMY BLANKETS Good shots of girls at work in a mill as we see complete process of making army blankets. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7214 |
| Catalog #: | 259806 | |
| Clip Number: | 259806-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | PT 531 | |
| Timecode: | 01:45:48 - 01:47:55 | |
| Location: | Yorkshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1940 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INDUSTRY: Textiles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Yorkshire OCCUPATIONS: Factory Workers OCCUPATIONS: Women WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: War Work | |
| Description: | THOSE ARMY BLANKETS Good shots of girls at work in a mill as we see complete process of making army blankets. Yorkshire. Various shots show the process of making the average Army blanket. C/U of a sheep. Piles of sheep wool are fed into machines to clean and refine it. It emerges from a carding machine and is spun into thread. The thread is woven into large lengths of blanket fabric on machinery. The material goes through another machine for a final clean. Girls in floral overalls measure and cut the blankets into regulation lengths. A government inspector checks the measurements and weights of the finished blankets which are then wheeled off in bundles on trolleys. Good shots of girls at work on large machinery at a mill. Name of the mill could be 'Braithwaites' (name seen on C/U of blanket label). | |
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