Yarn and cloth construction

United States, 1948

Film
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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.

Credits

production company

Coronet Films

Language

English

Duration

00:11:00:00

Colour

Black and White

ACMI Identifier

30709

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Fibers

Crafts & Visual Arts → Clothing and dress

Crafts & Visual Arts → Fibers

Crafts & Visual Arts → Looms

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Clothing and dress

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Clothing and dress

History → Clothing and dress - History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Fibers

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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