Wire Making At Rugby (1920 1929)

Wire making at Rugby, Warwickshire. Various shots men working in field, first driving a tractor pulling a spool of wire, 2 men are holding this walking along with it, like a plough. Various shots of this work in progress looks as if they are cutting a very narrow furrow in the field and may be stretching wire along in it. Next several men working at a contraption which has many different strands of wire stretched across a fairly long distance, like a giant loom. This also takes place outdoors, in a rural environment. CU man turning a long pole as another man winds wire into a loop in his hand. A closer look reveals that the pole is actually made up of a lot of thin strands which have passed through a device that binds them all together A wider shot of this whole operation shows poles on either side of the workers and machine. They are look like telegraph poles are the men making telegraph wires Extreme CU man s hand next to cable made up of wires. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PA