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Title: HOSE FOR THE JOB, the

Reference number: 4215

Date: 1965c

Sponsor: Bon Accord, Richards Ltd, Aberdeen

Production company: Clansman

Sound: mute

Original format: 16mm

Colour: bwcol

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 10.06 mins

Description: A record of the work inside Richards hosepipe factory of Aberdeen. Includes pipe weaving, safety checks and firemen using the finished article.

Shotlist: gvs firemen using hoses (0.25) -blank- (0.48) gvs hosepipe factory, workers are seen operating machinery which weaves hosepipes, measuring and checking hosepipes; pipes are liad out on table and carefully hand finished (5.00) gvs safety tests: hoses are immersed in water, stretched to breaking point and filled with water (7.04) scientists in a lab 'harden' hoses with some sort of chemical; gvs storage area where pipes are rolled up (8.46) c/u pipes 'Richards Ltd, Aberdeen' inscribed upon them (9.03) workman is seen binding the metal nozzle to the end of hose with strong metal wire (9.33) gvs firemen using hose, storing it in fire engine (10.06)