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Lace of Long Ago

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
531
Date Released
6 Aug 1931
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1We’re happy when we’re hiking
  2. 2A Flying Foursome
  3. 3Lace of Long Ago
  4. 4Eve - Horsewoman - Filmed at Olympia.
  5. 5Super Drill!
  6. 6Surf Dancing

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
NoS Summary - A demonstration of lace making techniques at Great Missenden.
British Pathe synopsis: M/S of a woman standing at a table in the open air using a small spinning wheel. M/S of an elderly woman with a small child by her side. The woman is making lace, she has a cushion on her lap with lots of bobbins hanging down from it. Closer shot of the woman tatting with the child by her side. "Pillow lace" received its name from the "pillow" used to hold the pins on which the pattern is executed." C/U of the pins with cotton and bobbins attached. Woman’s hands move very quickly as she makes the lace. Extreme C/U of the pins which are inserted into a piece of card with holes in that marks out the pattern. "All you need is fast and accurate fingering - and about 40 years’ experience!" Various C/Us of the lace taking shape. "Today, the lace is used frequently on those dainty lace sunshades." Panning shot showing C/U of the lace. C/U of a parasol being opened to show the lace. "There are 40 yards of lace on this "shade" reads an intertitle. The parasol is turned.
Keywords
Arts and crafts
Locations
England; Buckinghamshire; Great Missenden
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.219
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP219 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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