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Title: CASTLEBANK FOR COLLARS

Reference number: 0430

Date: 1932*

Sponsor: [ Castlebank Dye Works, Glasgow]

Production company: Jay's Film Service

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 5.00 mins

Description: Advertising film for Castlebank Dyeworks showing the laundering of collars.

Preservation of this film supported by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Shotlist: Credits (.25) Many thousands of collars arrive at Castlebank daily. Shots of laundry van arriving and collars being sorted out (1.06) shots as collars are loaded into washing machines (1.42) next they are unloaded and spun dried (2.03) The starching process. Shots of collars being starched and prepared for ironing (2.37) Ironing - and polishing - folding back wings of collar. Shots of the various stages (3.54) finished collars sorted out (4.25) A Castlebank collar retains its snow-white, smooth, lustrous finish all day long and it is so comfortable. Shot of a collar. And it only costs 1 1/2d (5.08)