Waterford Glass

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2536
Date Released
8 Jan 1978
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Waterford Glass. DESCRIPTION: The glass made at Waterford is world famous and for nearly 200 years have been produced with great care. SHOTLIST: GV City of Waterford & harbour. MS glass blower takes glass bulb out of furnace and places into special mould. MS bulb in mould - mould dipped in water. MS ditto. Bulb in mould. MS man transfers hot glass to base of cooler glass. MS man shaping end of glass. MS glass blower at work. AS ditto and inserting same into mould. MCU turning glass. CU lifting vase out of mould. MS ditto same onto frame. MCU stem welded onto glass. MS glass blower. MS man engraving vase depicting King David. CU ditto. CU finished dinner suite called ‘Curachmore’. MS hand cut chandelier being assembled. GV interior Westminster Abbey showing 8 chandeliers donated by the Guinness family. MS Abbey chandelier. (3 shots). CU chandelier PB to MS of same in showroom at Waterford Glass Co. MS centre bowl made for President Kennedy on his visit to Ireland. MS Michael Green cutting Waterford globe. CU ditto. MCU cut globe on stand.
Keywords
Industry and manufacture
Locations
Republic of Ireland; Westminster; Waterford
Card file number
77/60
Credits:
Camera
George Fleishchmann
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
206
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Waterford Glass', British Movietone News Issue No. 2536, 8 Jan 1978. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/31085 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)