Beard Research

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
221
Date Released
23 Mar 1959
Date recorded
20 Feb 1959
Length of issue (in feet)
757
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: The humdrum business of shaving comes, literally, under the microscope. At a razor blade factory in Middlesex, we go behind the scenes to find out how the beard boffins set about making the morning chore easier for the hirsute male.
SHOTLIST: BCU camera being loaded with film. BCU man’s face being placed against microscope. MS another man looking through microscope, the man with the microscope starts to open drawer by his desk. MS man opens draw of his desk and takes out slide which he examines. CU slide showing sections of beard. MS man continues to look through microscope at the other man being shaved, he holds up slide and opens a book to make notes. CU man’s hand writing. CU another man’s hand as he adjusts razor blade in machine. BCU camera being loaded with film. MS man sitting down in front of machine he takes a shaving brush and starts to lather himself. MS two men, one facing the other, one operating camera, the man puts his face against the razor blade. CU man shaving himself with razor blade. CU another man shaving himself, pan to show that he has an attachment to the razor to record he amount of time he takes to shave. CU man shaving. MS man shaving, pan to another man behind curtain with timing apparatus. MS taken from behind timekeeper showing man shaving through screen. CU man shaving. CU examiner, pan to clock. CU man drying his face. MS another man hurries into the room. CU the other man speeded up preparing to shave. MS boy with camera preparing to photograph man shaving. CU boy photographing. CU man shaving at speed. CU camera. CU man shaving at speed. CU cameraman. CU man drying himself at terrific speed.
Keywords
Science and technology; Industry and manufacture
Locations
England; Middlesex; Isleworth
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
David De Keyser
Length of story (in feet)
238
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Beard Research', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 221, 23 Mar 1959. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120699 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)