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Those Holiday Snaps (1923)

Craft of Passe-Partout is demonstrated - a nice way of displaying holiday...

Potters Art (1933)

Processes involved in making pottery urns and figures in Guildford.

Merely Meerschaum (1933)

A man carves a pipe from a piece of meerschaum.

Picks In Pictures! (1936)

Craftsmen make pickaxes in a Tyrolean village.

Fishing Rods AKA Angling (1939)

Fishing rods are made and used.

Making Parchment Issue Title Is The Very Idea (1939)

Traditional methods used in Brentford factory...

Umbrella Making Issue Title Is One Moment Please (1940)

Umbrellas being hand made in a factory.

Flower Egg Shells AKA Eggshell Vases Issue Title Is Ladies First (1940)

Woman makes mini flower...

Cricket Bats Issue Title - Fun And Games (1944)

Cricket bats are made from specially grown willow...

Artist In Glass (1946)

Item about glass maker Frank Hill.

Crab Pots (1949)

Fisherman Bill Butters uses hazel branches to make crab pots. Cornwall.

Drum Making (1951)

Good item about drum making in London.

Madeira Sewing (1952)

Footage of women of all ages sewing in Madeira.

Jewellery (1953)

The creation of a diamond tiara.

Rubber Models (1953)

Mrs Alan Dower makes a rubber model of her dog.

Watches AKA Watchmaker (1953)

Watchmaker John Bright takes a watch to pieces, cleans the parts then...

Nylon Flowers (1954)

Nice footage of Mrs Edith Barham making flowers from old stockings. Whetstone.

Lace Making (1953)

Lengths of lace fabric are manufactured in Nottingham.

Bristol Model (1951)

Frederick Smith puts finishing touches to his model of 17th century Bristol.

Candle Making (1949)

Church candles being made by hand at Chandlers' factory in Cricklewood.

Plastic Models (1951)

Plastic lampshades being made at factory in Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire.

Pipe Dream (1945)

Short film showing how the pipes are made.

Wool Fashions (1952)

Models show off the latest in wool fashions. London.

Madeira Basket Making (1952)

Men from Camacha weave baskets and furniture from willow. Madeira.

A Dainty Handbag (1927)

Demonstration showing how to make a cute handbag from crepe paper.

The Ash Grove (1946)

Walking sticks made of ash trees.

Invasion - Landings At Rangoon (1945)

The landings at Rangoon.

Ornaments From Bone (1958)

Flowers, birds and butterflies carved from bone.

Wood Carver Of Statues (1963)

Hungarian wood sculptor Erno Kiss at work.

Marine Manoeuvres In Korea (1954)

Marines landing and coming ashore from landing craft.

Antique Items (1964)

Antiques exhibition in Hungary.

Assay Laboratory (1960-1969)

Various aspects of silver production

Pakistan Dance And Cock Fighting (1970-1979)

Pakistani men dancing & cock fighting.

Cricket Bats (1962)

All the processes involved in making cricket bats are shown.

Flower Arrangement By Marcus Adams (1958)

Marcus Adams, once famed for his child photography, makes...

Plaited Polyhedra (1960)

Three-dimensional geometric paper shapes made without using glue by Robert...

Cricket Balls (1956)

The craft of making hand made cricket balls.

Cloth Flowers AKA Artificial Flowers (1957)

Processes involved in making artificial flowers.

Antique Chessmen (1959)

Alex Hammond's shop in Chelsea displays the craftsmanship of antique chess sets....

Icing Artist Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1959)

Art of cake decoration -...

Manufacture Of Harps (1961)

Beautiful harps are made in a workshop in London.

Cornish Pottery AKA Mevagissey Pottery (1955)

Bernard Moss and his wife Maureen are seen at work...

Paperweights (1956)

Frank Hill makes a milliaflore paperweight at Whitefriars Glassworks in Wealdstone,...

Wood Carver (1955)

Wood Carver's House in small village with many interesting carvings on it and in...

Glass Artist (1960)

Glass engraving artist John Hutton seen at work in his studio in London.

Cushion Craft (1963)

An item about the first hovercraft to be bought by a commercial firm.

Cave Ropemaker (1963)

An item about the dying craft of rope making.