Video Parts (2)
This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Wool Processing Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Machinery, woolen yarn on drying rack - worker inspecting cloth leaving loom and roiling onto bolts, removing bolt, starting another, weighing bolt - worker inspecting cloth leaving loom - close-up of loom - worker placing coil of yarn on rack - worker placing roll of yarn in loom, threading warp - close-up of loom showing how warp is fed through - worker placing wool in vat - hook and chain attached to lid of vat, lifting it off - close-up of dial, hand moving - piece of torn cloth in vise (backwards running film of testing strength of cloth) - cloth coming off loom - cloth stretched between two vises, being pulled apart (test repeated several times) - man, woman, and children getting into car, driving away - worker cutting sample from bolt of cloth - close-up of piece of cloth - worker shearing sheep with electric clipper long room, spinning machinery in operation - worker shearing sheep, buyer inspecting fleece. [1926]
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