Can You Arrange Flowers (1944)
Film gives a few hints on how to deal with flowers. A very chic looking woman with nice black suit and perfectly curled hair demonstrates the following tips: When you first get flowers home place them in water up to their necks and leave them for a couple of hours. Look at stems to check if they have been cut cleanly. Cut rose stems again with a sharp knife and pick off lower leaves we see rose stems being prepared in C, U. Woman arranges roses in a cut glass vase. She adds more water it should always come as far up the stems as possible. Chrysanthemums should have their stems crushed C, U of this. Tips are given as to how to arrange them so that they can breathe. There should be no leaves below the waterline. The woman sprinkles water over the flowers. C, Us of various arrangements of flowers in vases. Title includes mention of cameraman Billy Williams. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINAT
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