Guest
Derbyshire. This item shows the manufacture process of fine Derby China. Shots of tables laid with ornate china. Inside the factory, Ted Bountain is shown feeding clay into a machine that eliminates air bubbles. M/S of Albert Deakin using a wheel to make plates. Doreen Sheldon is seen trimming rough edges from the plate. Jack Wood then dips the plates in glaze - C/U of the glazed plates. Various shots of plates being fired - they are moved along a conveyor belt inside the kiln. Shot of the paint workshop. Various C/Us of complex patterns being painted onto plates by hand. Barbara Baker is shown painting feathers on a china owl. A quality control inspector is shown studying a plate. C/U of “second-rate“ plates being smashed into a reject box. Cuts exist - please see separate record. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.
