• Short Summary

    Caught by the Camera - an enterprising man who gives new clocks for old, a fisherman who keeps his rope wound around his trousers, and ladies making lace in Eletz, Russia.

  • Description

    Item title reads - CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 82).

    01:22:02 - M/S of a man standing with small racks of clocks about his person. C/U of a sign on his hat saying 'New Clocks 4 Old.' M/S as he walks around the village of Chilham in Kent. M/S of a man swapping his watch for a new one. M/S as the seller holds up a clock to a lady leaning out of the window in an upstairs room.

    01:22:36 - M/S of a fisherman with lengths of rope wound around his legs, they are a convenient place to keep it! Various shots as he climbs down a ladder and unwinds the rope.

    01:22:48 - M/S of ladies in Eletz, Russia, making lace on drums, various shots as they weave the bobbins. C/U of lace being woven and pinned. M/S of the end products of tablecloths and doilies.

  • Tags

  • Data

    Film ID:
    1132.12
    Media URN:
    39400
    Group:
    Pathetones
    Archive:
    British Pathe
    Issue Date:
    20/04/1936
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:29:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:21:55:00 / 01:23:24:00
    Canister:
    PT 317

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