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Silk Farm

Date released

28 Jul 1966

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

605

NoS ID

121784

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: A silk worm spins a mile of raw silk to make its cocoon, then the silk farmers of Ayot St. Lawrence take over with their own spinning machines. The story starts with a harvest of mulberry...

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Queen Mary at Silk Farm

Date released

6 Jul 1936

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

559

NoS ID

034601

Story no

5 / 6

England’s first homegrown silk. Her Majesty sees entire process from worm to cloth.

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The Silk Moth - the story of an insect that lives and dies for the Ladies.

Date released

11 Sep 1930

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

484

NoS ID

332524

Story no

2 / 6

NoS Summary - The beginning of silk stockings is investigated - silk moths. NoS synopsis: "It’s a far cry from the sheen of silk stockings." Extreme C/U of a woman’s ankles. Camera tilts up to show her...

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Silkworms

Date released

26 Aug 1957

Series name

Colour Pictorial

Issue no

139

NoS ID

120438

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Pathe synopsis: Three million silkworms with meal times every four hours require a great deal of feeding, and this is only one aspect of life at Britain’s only full-scale silk farm, at Ayot St Lawrence in...

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The Feast of the Holy Tooth of Buddha. The Gold Casket with the Holy Tooth is Placed on Back of Sacred Elephant. A Cloth of White Silk is Laid Down So That Elephant Will Not Soil His Feet.

Date released

30 Oct 1922

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

1211

NoS ID

079112

Story no

4 / 4

Extras

1 film clip

Decorated elephant with casket. Dancers and holy men in procession. Crowd lined street. (White silk cloth not noticeable).

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Silk Worms

Date released

8 Oct 1951

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

369

NoS ID

119211

Story no

5 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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Silk-Worms Party

Date released

20 Jul 1953

Series name

New Pictorial

Issue no

462

NoS ID

119629

Story no

2 / 5

Extras

1 film clip

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The Birth of a Stocking. How Full-Fashioned Silk Hose are Made.

Date released

3 Apr 1924

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

148

NoS ID

331036

Story no

2 / 5

Pathe Intertitles - "A good silk stocking begins with good silk. Hose factories spin their own ..." "Stockings are made in two parts - the leg first, the foot last. "Shaping" the legs ..." "The stocking is...

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Silk Exhibition

Date released

24 Jan 1929

Series name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue no

286

NoS ID

049588

Story no

7 / 9

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Silk Show

Date released

7 Apr 1927

Series name

Empire News Bulletin

Issue no

98

NoS ID

048017

Story no

7 / 7

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