Film Number |
5350 |
Title |
OLD CRAFT SERIES [EXTRACTS FROM: THE BESOM MAKER / THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH TYRING WHEELS/ THE SLATE QUARRY] |
Producer |
Sam Hanna |
Date |
*1947 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
b/w |
Sound |
silent |
Running Time |
12 mins 56 secs |
Description |
Compilation of extracts from three of Sam Hanna's craft films. In 'The Besom Maker', Dick Eastwood makes a 'besom' (broom) outside his cottage in Grassington, Yorkshire, using traditional tools and materials. 'The Village Blacksmith' shows John Coward and his assistants producing and fitting an iron tyre to a wooden cart wheel in the village of Soutergate, Cumbria. Finally, 'The Slate Quarry' follows the process of producing slate roofing tiles, from extraction at Burlington Quarry, near Kirkby-in-Furness, to roofing a new house. |
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