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.

On display until:

ACMI Cafe Window Screens

22 April 2019

Credits

production company

Mutual Film Corporation

Career Productions

Language

English

Duration

00:10:17:00

Colour

Black and White

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