Those Easter Eggs
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 7
- Summary
- Pathe Summary - Interesting glimpses of the manufacture of an Easter Egg - from the coca beans to the finished article.
NoS synopsis: "Eggsclusively eggs - starting with this machine - and cocoa beans." M/S of a woman working at a machine which sorts or cleans cocoa beans. "Sugar and spice," to make it nice." M/S of a woman pouring powder into a machine. M/S of a chocolate paste emerging from a mixing machine. "While chocolate moulders are busy forming the eggs, others make the inside chocolates." High angle shot of 10 women working at a bench making chocolates. "Art steps in - (pretty decorations will extract a lot more from Father’s pocket)." C/U of man piping a design onto a large chocolate Easter egg. We watch the design taking shape. Finished egg is shown to the camera. C/U of a woman filling the egg with sweets wrapped in cellophane. - Researcher Comments
- The Pathe summary was probably used as lobby card copy.
- Keywords
- Food and cooking; Industry and manufacture
- Footage sources
- Pathe Re-issue
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.209
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP209
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile Issue sheet
- Credits:
-
- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Length of story (in feet)
- 150
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
- For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk - Web
- http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
- Phone
- 020 7255 1444
- Fax
- 020 7580 7503
- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
- Series held
- View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
- Name
- British Pathe Ltd
- info@britishpathe.com
- Web
- https://www.britishpathe.com/
- Phone
- 0207 665 8340
- Address
- 3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE - Notes
- Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
- Series held
- View all series held by British Pathe Ltd
How to cite this record
'Those Easter Eggs', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 513, 2 Apr 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332696 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)