Housewives’ Choice
Series
- Series Name
- Ingot Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 3
- Summary
- BFI Summary - Visiting a washing-machine factory
NFA synopsis: Looking at the manufacture and usefulness of washing machines. The item opens with a scene in a laundrette, with a man grumbling about having to do the laundry because his wife is unwell. The film then moves on to look at the manufacture of Bendix washing machines at the Fisher & Ludlow works near Birmingham, with shots of pressing the tubs and enammelling the machines. - Keywords
- Women; Domestic life; Industry and manufacture
- Written sources
- British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Producer
- John O’Neill
- Director
- Pat Pullen
- Sponsor
- Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group
- Production Co.
- Verity Films Ltd.
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- 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).
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How to cite this record
'Housewives’ Choice', Ingot Pictorial Issue No. 33, 1958. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/349501 (Accessed 04 Mar 2025)