Housewives’ Choice

Series

Series Name: Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

Date Released

1958

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

BFI Summary - Visiting a washing-machine factory
NFA synopsis: Looking at the manufacture and usefulness of washing machines. The item opens with a scene in a laundrette, with a man grumbling about having to do the laundry because his wife is unwell. The film then moves on to look at the manufacture of Bendix washing machines at the Fisher & Ludlow works near Birmingham, with shots of pressing the tubs and enammelling the machines.

Keywords

Women; Domestic life; Industry and manufacture

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue Used for synopsis

Credits:

Producer: John O’Neill
Director: Pat Pullen
Sponsor: Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group
Production Co.: Verity Films Ltd.

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