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.
Previously on display
22 April 2019
ACMI Cafe Window Screens
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010738
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Career education
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Machinery
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Manufacturing processes
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Occupations
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Textile industry
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Vocational guidance
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → Machinery
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Career education
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Vocational guidance
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Machinery
Short films
Short films → Short films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation