Treadle and bobbin (TEFC)

The machine, in one form or another, has become such a household necessity that we tend to forget the wonder and magic of the days when it was just beginning to earn its place by the hearth. The first suave ambassador from the court of mechanical efficiency to woo and win Grandma’s heart was the redoubtable sewing machine. Whirring and purring in the parlour, its virtuoso performance beguiled both young and old. Without commentary.

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Credits

production company

Film Images

producer/director

Wheaton Galentine

Duration

00:07:47:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1954

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323033

Language

No spoken word

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Sewing machines

Crafts & Visual Arts → Sewing machines

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

History → Machinery - History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Machinery - History

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1954

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