Leather Look

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1902A
Date Released
18 Nov 1965
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Leather Look. DESCRIPTION: A new plant at Yeovil in Somerset claims to be the most modern tannery in the world. The skins go through various processes before they finally emerge as the leather fashions we see in the shops today. SHOTLIST: MS raw material being inspected. CU ditto. MS pan revolving soaking drums. MS skins being taken from drum. MS skins being squeezed out through rollers. CU ditto. MS skins being dyed. MCU ditto. MS man pulling out section of drying cabinet to examine dry skins. MCU girl examining dyed skin under the microscope. CU looking through the microscope at the skin. MS man using softening machine. CU ditto. CU machine softening skins. MS woman loading skins onto charro spraying machine. MCU skins being sprayed to give final polish. CU ditto. MS woman taking skins out of charro machine. MS models in warehouse, wearing leather clothes. MS ditto. Pan up black and white grain leather suit and pillbox hat, worn by model. CU pillbox hat. Pan up model wearing red suede suit with pillbox hat. Pan up model wearing evening opera coat in suede. CU model’s face. LAS model standing at top of stairs.
Keywords
Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume
Locations
Yeovil; Somerset
Card file number
90396
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Leather Look', British Movietone News Issue No. 1902A, 18 Nov 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/26223 (Accessed 18 Jun 2025)