Archery (1961)

Worksop, Nottinghamshire. At a factory near Sherwood Forest we see the processes involved in making bows and arrows for archery: curved, laminated pieces of rosewood and maple are glued together then shaped on a sanding machine. The bow is then put on a machine to test the tension. Roy Matthews, British Champion Archer is seen holding his madetomeasure bow; he hands it back to one of the craftsmen to file a little more off the grip of the bow. Howard Wiseman, senior British coach and writer on a