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The Art Metal Workers. An Old Colwyn Study.

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
166
Date Released
7 Aug 1924
Length of issue (in feet)
890
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Art Typist
  2. 2The Art Metal Workers. An Old Colwyn Study.
  3. 3The Divers. A Chiswick Study.
  4. 4For Afternoon (Pathécolor)
  5. 5The Adventures of Felix the Cat -: Felix Goes to the Fair

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 5
Summary
Pathe Intertitles - "Metal work is an art as old as the hills. But the ancients never thought that one day Eve would be putting her hands to such skilled work. She first make a design - withe Nature’s help to give inspiration." Two shots
"This design is then transferred, through carbon paper, to a copper sheet." One shot
"Hot pitch forms a stable base on which to hammer out the design on the copper." Five shots
"Now a little trimming." One shot
"And finally the centre of the plate is beaten down." Two shots
"A few specimens of her skill." One shot
Keywords
Women; Arts and crafts; Employment
Written sources
J. Hammerton ‘For Ladies Only?' (Hastings, 2001)   p126.
Pathe Eve 131-169 Boxfile   Issue sheet
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.
Length of story (in feet)
180

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