The Old Ways Linger On
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: The Old Ways Linger On. DESCRIPTION: In the days of mass-production, it is refreshing to meet someone who actually has a craft of their own. Our pictures feature master craftsmen in thatching, weaving and iron-work. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV old thatched house. TS pan down same to thatcher Ted Anger. MCU same cutting material for thatching. MS same picks up bale of straw. TS same carries material up ladder. MCU same. TS same. LAS same pushes in wooden pins to secure straw. MCU same. CU same. LS completed house. CU sign Weaver John Battye. MS same working on loom. MCU pan up loom. CU same. MS another. CU Mr Battye working loom. MS same. CU finished material. MS Artist in Iron Frank Banks. CU same designing. LAS pan down metal ornaments. MS artist working on anvil. CU same. CU same comparing metal object with design. MS pan up gates leading to Mr Banks’ home.
- Keywords
- Industry and manufacture
- Locations
- Wiltshire; Cotswolds
- Card file number
- 88498
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Length of story (in feet)
- 170
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