Glass Worker - Filmed at Battersea

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
371
Date Released
12 Jul 1928
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Summary
NoS Summary - Eve blowing glass at a glass works in Battersea.
British Pathe synopsis: Opening intertitle reads: "We’re used to ladies running farms, fashion-businesses and other departures from domestic life - but here’s one who runs a glassworks!" M/S of stern looking woman with hands on hips watches a man who is glass blowing. She grabs a pole with a piece of hot glass on the end from another worker. C/U of man shaping the glass. "A glass worker’s life is full of good turns." C/U of the base of a glass being shaped. Excess glass is cut off with large scissors. A handle is attached. C/U of the woman holding up the vase to the camera. L/S of large fancy bowl being moulded. C/U of the dish being finished - the woman assists.
Keywords
Women; Industry and manufacture; Employment
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   19 July 1928 p50.
The Bioscope   18 July 1928 p54.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.97
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP097 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record

'Glass Worker - Filmed at Battersea', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 371, 12 Jul 1928. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/331916 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)