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Film Number |
6649 |
Title |
WOVEN BY HAND |
Producer |
Dr Richard Hills |
Date |
1970 |
Gauge |
16mm |
Colour |
colour |
Sound |
sound |
Running Time |
11 mins 32 secs |
Description |
A look at the practice of hand weaving cloth on a loom including the different methods of patterning still used. There are detailed close-ups of Kay's flying shuttle and Jacquard's loom being operated by weavers at Cartwright & Sheldons of Macclesfield and UMIST's Textile Technology Department. |
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Key
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