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Shows a knitwear manufacturer that has been based in Godalming, Surrey, since 1907, producing fully fashioned knitwear from natural fibres. This recording was made in July 1990 as the firm me due to move...
A compilation from the unique collection of the North West Film Archive containing films of the region. Shows 1) a children’s outing from Altringcham to Mobberley (1909); 2) the London to Manchester ariel...
Looks at how fashion designs are produced and sold. Focuses on a new collection by Darlajane Gilroy following each stage of the process from sourcing fabrics and pattern cutting, to manufacturing, promotion...
Explains why good measurement is important to the manufacturing industry. Dorma Fabrics, a manufacturer of co-ordinated bed linens, is a company which has collaborated closely with the Department of Trade...
A compilation of 13 films/extracts from 1913 to1960 mainly showing production aspects of the cotton industry.
Illustrates the methods of working early textile machines, from the flying shuttle to the spinning mule. Engravings, cartoons and actual examples from Helmshare Higher Mill Museum are used. The final section...
Films intended to challenge the notion that ill-health is a matter merely for individual concern, arguing that society is also involved, and change must come about through political action. 1: Argues that...
Series discussing the technical, scientific, economic and political issues in the rise and fall of the cotton industry. Great Britain, India and the United States of America are the three countries...
Uses working museums and surviving buildings to demonstrate the impact on the landscape and the lives of working people, of inventions in the textile industry during the 18th and 19th centuries. Shows the...
3: The last piecing machine to operate in Britain was filmed at Bridgend on the Isle of Islay. The piecing machine’s function was to join the strips of wool, produced by the carding machine, to form...
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