Walking Sticks (1949)

Walking sticks from trees. Chiddingfold, Surrey / Sussex border. Various shots as a man cuts down 3 year old chestnut trees and strips the branches. M/S of a pile of sticks on the ground. Scene dissolves to piles of sticks in the factory. Various shots as 71 year old Jack Lindlott straightens the sticks out. Various shots as the sticks are heated and Stan Ayling bends the ends into handle shapes. Various shots as the sticks are treated and the ends sawn off afterwards. M/S of gnarled sticks, various shots of different sticks. 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. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), an