To a Queen's Taste (The Making of Candy) / Cotton Milling / To a Queen's Taste (The Making of Candy) / Cotton Milling / Water Power / Cotton Milling Part 2
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: a. Ingredients being poured into a revolving vat - worker makes artificial flowers - completed candy basket with artificial flowers - hands attach ribbon - candy-slicing machine in operation - worker twists strips of candy, machine cuts strips - ingredients dumped from one vat into another - two men operate mixing machinery - (unrelated footage: tourists examining fruit and other produce in open air tropical market, rocky shoreline). [1920] b. Cotton looms in operation [at Ostrom Milling] - worker adjusts machinery - fabrics on large rollers - woman operates fabric-folding machinery - cotton breaker in operation - cotton matted on rollers in milling machines - man piles cotton into cotton breaker machine. [1920] c. Pieces of candy carried by conveyor belt into chocolate coating machine - girls seated at a long table wrapping and packing candy ‘Tarts.’ [1920] d. Spinning machine in operation [at Ostrom Milling] - mill interior with workers operating a variety of machinery - bank of thread spindles in operation - frame with hanks of yarn (soft rope) placed into vat - hanks are air dried, dipped into two separate vats, placed into dryer - machine twists threads into hanks of yarn - fabric on rollers - spinning machine in operation. [1920] e. Mountain stream as seen from mountain side - forests - wooded hills and brook - valley with stream, trees, farms - river scenes. [1920] f. Operator tends spinning machine [at Ostrom Milling] - woman operates carding machinery - banks of spindles and spools winding thread - tread winding around large drum. [1920]
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