01:40:17 0 |
LITTLE GIRLS WINDOW SHOPPING IN THE CITY 1940s
CHILDREN'S FASHIONS IN SHOP WINDOW. BOY AND GIRL MANNEQUINS |
01:40:34 16.7 |
DESIGNER DRAWS A SKETCH OF A GIRL IN A DRESS
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01:40:43 25.7 |
DESIGNER DRAWS A DRESS PATTERN
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01:40:53 35.7 |
DESIGNER'S HELPER COMES OVER, DESIGNER GIVER HER
DRESS PATTERN AND COTTON MATERIAL TO MAKE THE DRESS |
01:41:01 43.7 |
SEAMSTRESS CUTS OUT THE DRESS PATTERN PIECES.
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01:41:17 59.7 |
SEAMSTRESS PINS THE PATTERN TO THE CLOTH AND CUTS OUT
DRESS PARTS. |
01:41:32 74.7 |
DRESS DESIGNER CHOOSES TRIMMING FROM SHELF OF TRIM
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01:41:36 78.7 |
DESIGNER'S HELPER GATHERS THE CUT OUT DRESS PIECES
AND BRINGS THEM TO THE DRESS MAKER |
01:41:45 87.7 |
SEAMSTRESS SEWING A DRESS ON A 1940s SEWING MACHINE
HELPER LEANS OVER HER SHOULDER |
01:42:07 109.7 |
SEAMSTRESS HAND SEWS. SEWING BUTTONS ON DRESS. SEWING
DRESS HEM BU HAND |
01:42:26 128.7 |
DESIGNER'S HELPER PICKS UP FINISHED GIRL'S DRESS
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01:42:38 140.7 |
FACTORY MANAGER GIVES SAMPLE DRESS TO FACTORY PATTERN
MAKER, PATTERN MAKER DRAWS THE DRESS PATTERN ON THICK PAPER MEASURES DRESS PARTS |
01:43:03 165.7 |
FACTORY MANAGER AND WORKER SELECT FABRIC FOR DRESSES.
BOLTS OF FABRIC STORED IN BINS |
01:43:12 174.7 |
PATTERN MAKER LAYS CUT OUT PATTERN PIECES ON TABLE.
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01:43:20 182.7 |
FACTORY CUTTING ROOM. BOLT OF FABRIC SPREAD OUT
SMOOTHLY ALONG LONG CUTTING TABLE, MOVES BACK AND FORTH SPREADING LAYER UPON LAYER, |
01:43:44 206.7 |
WORKER TRACES PATTERNS ON A LONG PAPER, FITTED SNUG
TOGETHER SO NO FABRIC IS WASTED |
01:44:05 227.7 |
IN THE CUTTING ROOM, WORKER ROLLS OUT THE LAST LAYER
OF CLOTH STACK OF CLOTH MANY LAYERS THICK |
01:44:30 252.7 |
WORKER PLACES THE PATTERN PAPER OVER THE CLOTH
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01:44:47 269.7 |
THE CUTTER USING AN ELECTRIC CUTTER CUTS MANY DRESS
PATTERNS AT THE SAME TIME |
01:45:42 324.7 |
FACTORY WORKER BRINGS THE CUT OUT PIECES TO A PUNCH
PRESS WHERE SHE PUTS A SHARP PIECE LIKE A COOKIE CUTTER OVER THE CLOTH. PUNCH PRESS CUTS OUT MANY DRESS COLLARS AT THE SAME TIME |
01:46:06 348.7 |
CU PUNCH PRESS CUTTING FABRIC
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01:46:11 353.7 |
HS CLOTH CUTTER USING AN ELECTRIC CUTTER
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01:46:20 362.7 |
FACTORY WORKERS PLACE FABRIC IN BUNDLES
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01:46:27 369.7 |
BUNDLES OF FABRIC IN BINS ROLLED INTO HUGE FACTORY
SEWING ROOM MANY SEAMSTRESSES AT SEWING MACHINES. GIRL BRINGS THE PIECES TO THE SEWERS. 1940s INDUSTRIAL SEWING MACHINES |
01:48:18 480.7 |
DRESSES IN MACHINES THAT MAKE BUTTON HOLES. AUTOMATIC
BUTTON MACHINE SEWS THE BUTTONS ON. CU PILE OF BUTTONS. SEAMSTRESS PUTS THE BUTTON INTO PLACE. CU HAND WITH CHIPPED FINGERNAIL POLISH. WORKING HANDS |
01:49:19 541.7 |
GIRL COLLECTS FINISHED DRESSES, LOOKS THE OVER, THEN
PLACES THEM INTO A CHUTE LANDING IN BIN ON FLOOR BELOW |
01:49:25 547.7 |
GIRL COLLECTS THE DRESSES AND BRINGS THEM INTO THE
IRONING ROOM. FACTORY IRONING ROOM, MANY WORKERS IRONING DRESSES. |
01:49:44 566.7 |
GIRL TAKES AWAY A RACK OF IRONED DRESSED, BRINGS IN
EMPTY RACK |
01:49:53 575.7 |
FACTORY WORKER FOLDS THE DRESSES CAREFULLY AND BOXES
THEM UP FOR THE STORES |
01:50:03 585.7 |
GIRL AT HOME OPENS UP A BOX WITH PRETTY NEW DRESS IN
IT, HOLDS THE DRESS UP TO ADMIRE |
01:50:13 595.7 |
GIRLS AT PLAY. GIRL PLAYS HOP SCOTCH. GIRL SLIDE DOWN
PLAYGROUND SLIDE. |
01:50:17 599.7 |
COUNTRY GIRL WAITS ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR THE
SCHOOL BUS. 1940s SCHOOL BUS ARRIVES TO PICK HER UP |
01:50:24 606.7 |
CHILDREN ENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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01:50:33 615.7 |
FILM ENDS
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Description: MAKING COTTON CLOTHING, 1940s. TEXTILE INDUSTRY. DRESS MAKING FROM DESIGN TO SELLING IN SHOPS
Keywords: dressmaker
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