Eve’s Handicrafts: The Home Weavers

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

604

Date Released

29 Dec 1932

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Eve’s Handicrafts: The Home Weavers
2. 2The Girl and the Whirl - Filmed at St. Moritz
3. 3One O’Clock - a Liverpool Cameo
4. 4Stately Homes of England

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Section Title

Eve’s Handicrafts

Summary

NoS Summary - Cottage industry - women and young girls dye, spin and weave.
British Pathe synopsis: "Filmed at Eastcote". "We came across them at the Sign of the Shuttle - busy washing the wool - " M/S of a large sign outside a house which reads "The Shuttle" and has a picture of a loom shuttle painted upon it. M/S of two young girls standing in a bath in shorts and shirts. A fleece is put into the bath with a bucketful of water and the girls begin stamping on the wool. "Here they dye to live - " M/S of the two girls helping their mother to dye wool. "It’s a good job Eve’s hair doesn’t require the same kind of combing as this wool. M/S of group of young girls carding wool. An older woman helps the girls to separate the strands of wool. "Like a page from the past - " L/S of girls sitting in the open air at spinning wheels. They spin the wool. C/Us of woman working at a spinning wheel. L/S of girls working a large wool winder. "And hour after hour the lady of the loom weaves her way." Interior - young girl works at spinning wheel whilst an older woman weaves at a loom. C/U of fabric taking shape on the loom - shuttle being passed backwards and forwards. Exterior, young girl comes out of the house wearing a dress presumably made on the premises. She waves to the camera.

Researcher Comments

British Pathe - Could be Eastcote in Greater London, Northamptonshire or West Midlands.

Keywords

Industry and manufacture

Locations

England

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.252
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP252
National Film Archive Catalogue

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