Shows the carding board, the spinning wheel and the hand loom, to demonstrate the process of converting raw fibres into woven cloth; high-magnification photography is used to illustrate the state of fibres in each process.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
012201
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Fibers
Crafts & Visual Arts → Clothing and dress
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Clothing and dress
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Clothing and dress
History → Clothing and dress - History
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)