Customs, Distillers (1958)

Various footage of Officers of Her Majesty s Customs and Excise at work. They are at work in the London Docks. They check records then slice open an Edam cheese to check that it really is a cheese Casks of alcohol are checked. Measurements are chalked on the casks of rum then some of the alcohol is decanted into a beaker for testing. The strength or proof of the rum is checked. Various shots of whisky, whiskey being blended in a Bonded Warehouse in East London. Various tests are made on the whisky. Whiskey is blended with distilled water in a large vat. Various shots of golden coloured whisky moving through the plant. High angle shot of whisky being bottled. 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 mor