CRAWFORD'S TRAINING FILM: Packing Dept.
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Title: CRAWFORD'S TRAINING FILM: Packing Dept.
Reference number: 11000
Date: 1954*
Sound: silent
Colour: b/w
Fiction: non-fiction
Running time: 3.45 mins
Description:
The sorting and stacking of biscuits at the Crawford's factory, Edinburgh.
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: C/u of biscuits being sorted and stacked into equal piles. The broken biscuits are disgarded. In the picture a clock with it's hands turning fast. (1.06) Stacks of biscuits are manually pushed along a conveyor belt. The same clock with it's hands turning fast is in the picture. (1.48) Group of women gathered around various machines, clock in the centre. (2.08) The process is repeated filmed from different angles. C/u of biscuits beinng sorted and stacked into equal piles, clock is at the bottom of the picture. (2.49) Stacks of biscuits are manually pushed along a conveyor belt, clock has been placed behind one of the women. (3.16) Overview of the complete process. (3.43)The End. (3.45)