Movie Details
Original Language:English
The Manufacture of Walking Sticks
6 min
Supplies from across the globe are gathered at the Henry Howell Co factory on Old Street in London pimento from the West Indies ash from England Inside the factory workers shape hazel on a bandsaw and bend rattan to form crook handles whilst rough stick are heated in a kiln ready for straightening A wider shot shows employees in one of the companys cramped but busy workshops A medium shot shows a worker cutting silver ready for mounting Once shaped and straightened each stick is carefully tested and examined before being adorned with handchased silver mounts or engraved silver handles Each stickend is then sanded ready to be fitted with a ferrule cap to protect these ends from wear and tear The despatch room is as busy as the workshop as stock is pulled from storage and orders are prepared for delivery A completed order placed in a large box bound for Philadelphia is loaded onto the street East Anglian Film Archive
DirectorArthur Melbourne Cooper
