Potters Art 1933

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Titles read: "The Potter's Art - filmed at Compton, Guildford."

Various shots show a potter at work on a wheel, men tying a mould together over clay, clay being dug out from a pit and mixed with 'grog' to give it more body using a horse-powered contraption.

A man works on lumps of...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51761
Sort Number:
PSP 816
Time in/Out:
01:08:31:00 / 01:10:32:00
Canister:
PSP 816
Film ID:
1620.06
Issue Date:
23/11/1933

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