FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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Machine Takes Over Tapestry Workers' Art

A look at machine-manufactured tapestry.
Series : Australian Diary | Episode : 51 | Year : 1952 | Total Duration : 3 Minutes | Producer : Jack S Allan
Tapestry manufacture by machine, mass production, women working hand stitching tapestry pattern, women on machine punch card moving peddles with feet, man tying punch cards together, (he is blind veteran), weaving looms, jacquard loom,. Man shows finished cloth to lady buyer.(1952)
Access No. 44323 | 1 min 42 secs | 1950s | Maitland, NSW, Australia | © NFSA | B&W |