Weaving Linen (1940-1949)
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- Опубликовано: 12 апр 2014
- British Instructional Films presentation. M/S of large rotating wooden machinery which winds fibres. M/S of two women working at machine which prepares the weft yarn for the shuttle - both wear headscarfs. C/U of the rotating drums with large hanks wound around. C/U of the woman's hands as she changes a bobbin on the machine. C/U of the bobbin as the yarn is wound around it. C/U of full bobbins in a basket. M/S of the women at work. The warp is prepared. M/S of a woman in flowered overall linking thin threads to many bobbins. A winding machine draws the threads from the bobbins. C/U of a "reed." C/U of the loom beam with threads coming off it. C/U of woman drawing threads through with a small hook - "threading the heddles." M/S of a loom in operation. C/Us of various parts of the weaving process. Women at work. C/U of a "fern" being placed in the shuttle. C/Us of the machine in operation. M/S of the loom working. Animated diagram shows more clearly the processes involved in weaving. Animation shows how the warp goes over the weft with the aid of the heddles. The role of the shuttle and the reed are also shown.
Loom in operation is shown. Two men check newly woven linen for flaws. They turn the linen over, inspecting it. The linen is stored in bales. High angle shot of the stacked bales. Finishing processes are illustrated. Preshrinking and scalding are demonstrated. Linen is guided over rollers into a vat containing solution of caustic soda. C/U of the rollers which squeeze out the caustic soda. L/S of the rollers used in the scalding process. C/U of the hot liquid in the washing baths. The linen is lifted from a large pile by rollers. More rollers and vats are used to bleach and dye the linen. A man with a stick guides the linen into a folded pile. Linen washed again then fed into dye baths. C/Us of processes. Fabric now dried - cloth passes over steam rollers. Linen leaves rollers and is folded. It is now ready for ironing or "calendering". M/S of man at work feeding material through the ironing machine. The linen is fed off the machine and is again folded. The linen is passed between steel rollers under pressure. C/U of woman's hands as the fabric is folded. Woman works a machine which folds linen along its length. Machine folds the fabric. Yard lengths of linen are counted. M/S of lots of pieces of folded linen stacked up. Linen ready for despatch. C/U of label "All Pure Linen - Made in England." Camera pans across - extreme C/U of fabric.
FILM ID:2891.02
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Wow after the dye the colors really pop!
I've seen villagers doing this in my country over sixty years ago, but never understood how that loom worked. Now, finally, I do 🙂! Thank you for sharing.
I enjoy these kinds of videos so much!
You can understand where the phrase 'cloth ears' for someone who doesn't listen properly comes from, it must have been extra noisy in those factories and the workers would have been hard of hearing. Good to see these old films have been preserved, they are so interesting!
Such a beautiful machine.
Beautiful, educational, and a treasure!
This is gold
A magnificent find. Thankyou for posting this gem.
Most interesting.
Fascinating! But I can't help but wonder why the title cards appear to be shown over chunks of carpeted floor.
How far we have come as a species
I wish he’d explained exactly what the caustic soda does. I assume it cleans it somehow but I’d love to know what it’s cleaning off it that needs something so strong.
This step could be mercerizing. "A process used to increase the strength, luster and dye affinity of the fabric. In this process, caustic soda is added to the fabric to cause swelling of the fibres which in turn enhances the properties of the fabric. "
I also read that caustic soda could also decrease yellowing from bleaching, but bleaching is done after and not before this step. So I'm not sure if this could be the reason there.
@@sarahr.1076 oh you legend! Thank you!! I’m going to look into mercerising further.
Yeah I agree that using it before bleaching probably wouldn’t stop it yellowing.
They (as in housewives/peasants) did used to use weak caustic soda to wash regular laundry but what they were using in the video looked far too strong a solution for that!