FORFAR CAKE SPECIALS: Liverpool Old and New Methods of Processing
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Title: FORFAR CAKE SPECIALS: Liverpool Old and New Methods of Processing
Reference number: 5837
Date: 1955c
Sponsor: [ Wm. Crawford & Sons Ltd.]
Sound: silent
Original format: 16mm
Colour: bw
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 7.03 mins
Description:
Training film depicting new method of packaging shortbread fingers in Crawford's factory. Shows the increase of automated manufacturing processes.
Crawford's Biscuit Factory Collection features Crawford biscuit factory in Edinburgh (closed 1950s / 1960s). As well as factory instructional films, the films feature the social activities of the staff.
Shotlist: Shot of Crawfords Finger Shortbread tin (o.o4) Close shot of a female factory worker picking up individual shortbread fingers from conveyor and placing them in boxes (0.58) gvs of women packing shortbread boxes into larger containers and adhering labels, some mechanisation used (1.37). New Method (1.43) Large volumes of shortbread are mechanically processed along conveyor belt, occasionally assisted by female workers (3.14) gvs of workers collecting shortbread from end of conveyor (3.50) Workers collate and pack finished product, working alongside conveyor (6.01) Finished boxes are mechanically wrapped in cellophane (6.32) then placed in cardboard boxes by workers (6.49) boxes are then stacked on trolleys and towed away by male factory workers (7.03)