weaving linen (1940 1949)
British Instructional Films presentation. M, S of large rotating wooden machinery which winds fibres. M, S of two women working at machine which prepares the weft yarn for the shuttle both wear headscarfs. C, U of the rotating drums with large hanks wound around. C, U of the woman s hands as she changes a bobbin on the machine. C, U of the bobbin as the yarn is wound around it. C, U of full bobbins in a basket. M, S of the women at work. The warp is prepared. M, S of a woman in flowered overall linking thin threads to many bobbins. A winding machine draws the threads from the bobbins. C, U of a C, U of the loom beam with threads coming off it. C, U of woman drawing threads through with a small hook threading the M, S of a loom in operation. C, Us of various parts of the weaving process. Women at work. C, U of a fern being placed in the shuttle. C, Us of the machine in operation. M, S of the loom working. Animated diagram shows more clearly the proc
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