Shoes For The Famous (1945)

Item title reads Shoes for the famous. Near St. James Palace, London. C, U sign for Lobb shoemakers. C, U of Mr Eric Lobb inside looking at some old handmade shoes and slippers. M, S of a book containing footprints of famous clients. The book is taken over to the lastmaker who prepares a wooden model of the clients feet. The camera pans across models of the feet of Laurence Olivier, King Farouk, and Marconi who are all clients. A clicker cuts out the leather patterns. M, S of Mr Saunders, a closer, who fixes the uppers together, Mr Hanson sews on the soles. The camera pans across the finished shoes. M, S s as they are wrapped up ready for delivery. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,