This week we’ve got three fantastic videos from British Council Film, starting with this great film that our friend, and crowd funding backer, Helen Cox sent us a link to yesterday…enjoy!
A Bicycle Factory
‘The process of manufacture is traced from the beginning; the design on paper and the raw materials. We see what goes to make the steel tubes of the frames, the handle bars, the gear wheels, the pedal cranks, the pedals, the spokes, the wheels and the hubs, until at last the complete bicycle is ready for testing.’
(Films of Britain – British Council Film Department Catalogue – 1946)
The Achievements of British Industry
‘British goods retain their traditional quality. The same pride of craftsmanship goes to make articles of peace and weapons of war. Whilst aircraft factories turn out Spitfires and Hurricanes, the workers of Sheffield and the weavers of Witney still turn out the world’s most famous knives and blankets.’
(Films of Britain – British Council Film Department Catalogue – 1944-45)
The Life of a Typical Yorkshire Family
‘A young Yorkshireman describes the life led by his family, who all work in the great woolen mills of the district. Their work is shown and their recreations, which include football, music, amateur theatricals and cycling over the beautiful countryside. They all love singing, and the film ends with the annual performance of Handel’s Messiah which is traditional in the West Riding.’
(Films of Britain – British Council Film Department Catalogue – 1946)’
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