Textile technician

Australia, 1969

Film

Episode of Series “Is this your career series”
Complex machinery is necessary at the various levels of textile manufacture. Follows the raw cotton through the spinning mill as it is processed into yarn. Then to the knitting mill, where yarn is woven into knitted garments. In the weaving mill, entirely different processes are carried out by different machines. Throughout the film, textile technicians are seen servicing this specialised machinery, some of which can tie the ends of broken yarn together again.

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Credits

production company

Career Productions

Mutual Film Corporation

Duration

00:10:17:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1969

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Is this your career series

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