The Story of fine china

The history of pottery, china and earthenware, leading up to the achievements of Josiah Spode and showing present-day manufacturing methods which have changed very little in 150 years.

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Credits

director

Gerald Cookson

production company

Kinocraft

Duration

00:38:45:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1953

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

010290

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Porcelain

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts - Study and teaching

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts and crafts movement

Crafts & Visual Arts → Porcelain

Crafts & Visual Arts → Pottery

Crafts & Visual Arts → Pottery - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Pottery craft

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Arts - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

History → History

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1953

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