Learning on ScreenKiri-Clogs - A Tale of Japan
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
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- 2 / 5
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- NoS Summary - Old fashioned techniques used in the production of Japanese wooden clogs.
British Pathe synopsis: "Miss Japan’s clogs are made from Kiri-wood, well-seasoned." M/S of large piles of wood. Two Japanese men walk through the piles of wood towards the camera. Closer shot of one of the piles. Man sits on the ground and examines a piece of wood. C/U of him pointing out the cutting marks in the wood. "The sawyer’s workshop is the open air - and feet form a vice - " Man sitting on the ground holds the wood with his feet and saws through it! (The man has bare feet). "This fellow’s been at it for thirty years, and never lost a toe!" C/U of him sawing crossways through the wood. "Chisels and planes complete the saw’s job - " C/Us of parts of the wood being chopped out and planed. "Brace and bit have taken their place in a process 5,000 years old." A small hand drill is used on the clogs. "Leather binders, now." A small wooden mallet is used, leather straps are thread through the holes in the wood. "And Miss Japan’s walking-out shoes are in order - " Young child walks away from the camera in her wooden flip-flops. - Keywords
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- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.233
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP233
National Film Archive Catalogue
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