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England’s first homegrown silk. Her Majesty sees entire process from worm to cloth.
Shows the traditional processes of silk weaving in Isarn in north-east Thailand, which has been a cradle of silkworm rearing for thousands of years. Silk sarongs and scarves of extraordinary quality with...
Feature film set in London’s Soho. A crime reporter and writer of thrillers captures a silk stocking murderer. George Hayes provides a cameo of an insane actor who keeps effigies of theatre critics...
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...
Chinese silk-stringed zithers and folk dances, including a performance of a Peking Opera. Also shows village life, the Chinese type of Buddhist prayers, and temple architecture, painting and calligraphy.
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...
NoS synopsis: A study of the silk-worm
Out of broken bottles.
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