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Title: INSPECTION OF LOOM PARTS BY WEAVERS

Reference number: 9362

Date: 1959*

Director: [filmed by Lionel Butler]

Sponsor: United Wire Works

Sound: silent

Original format: 16mm

Colour: col

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 13.49 mins

Description: Instructional film demonstrating maintenance checks for a wire weaving loom, at United Wire Works, Edinburgh.

Also known as [EXPRESS LOOM INSPECTION].

See also https://www.unitedwire.com/about-us/ [last accessed 17/05/2021]. Probably filmed at United Wire Works, Broompark Avenue (now Granton Park Avenue), off West Granton Road, Edinburgh. See also ref. 4094 and 9371

Films shot by Lionel Butler - a member of the Edinburgh Cine Club where he worked with many people, including Adam Malcolm. He knew Alan Harper of Campbell-Harper Films.

Shotlist: INSPECTION OF LOOM PARTS BY WEAVERS - gv inside factory, worker checking loom and pressing buttons to stop machinery - c/u belt drive stopping- BACK BEAM CONTACT - gv wire loom and c/u bell - BELL WIRES - worker tests tension of wires on loom by hand - bell rings - EDGE WIRE TENSION CONTACT R H - worker tests contact, bell rings - PICKING CAM PLATE R H - worker manually tests machinery, presses 'Start' button - PICKING FINGER CONTACT R H AND AUTO-STOP - thread of wire from loom, bell rings (1.44) SHUTTLEBOX R H CLEAN - worker cleans shuttlebox with cloth - SHUTTLEBOX R H LINING FRONT SIDE - worker inspects shuttlebox - SHUTTLEBOX R H LINING TONGUE - worker inspects by hand - GUIDE RODS R H - worker inspects and greases rods - PICKER BLOCK R H BUFFALO HIDE - c/u block - PICKER BLOCK R H ULON PAD - worker demonstrates pad and machinery moves - BUFFER BLOCK R H - blocks demonstrated - BREAST BOARD STRIPS R H - strips demonstrated, bell rings - EDGE WIRE TENSION CONTACT L H - worker walks round loom, bell rings (4.00) PICKING CAM PLATE L H - worker inspects plate by hand - PICKING FINGER CONTACT L H AND AUTO-STOP - worker presses button, loom moves, bell rings - SHUTTLEBOX L H CLEAN - worker cleans shuttlebox with cloth - SHUTTLEBOX L H LINING FRONT SIDE - worker inspects shuttlebox - SHUTTLEBOX L H LINING TONGUE - worker inspects by hand - GUIDE RODS L H - worker inspects and greases rods (5.36) PICKER BLOCK L H BUFFALO HIDE - worker inspects - PICKER BLOCK L H ULON PAD - worker inspects by hand, presses button and machinery moves - BUFFER BLOCK L H - blocks demonstrated - BREAST BOARD STRIPS L H - strips demonstrated, bell rings (6.28) SHUTTLE NO 1 CLEAN - worker cleans inside and outside of shuttle with cloth - SHUTTLE NO 1 EXTERNAL SURFACES - worker demonstrates - SHUTTLE NO 1 SPINDLE - c/u pirn in shuttle, worker demonstrates - SHUTTLE NO 1 ROLLERS - worker demonstrates spinning rollers - SHUTTLE NO 1 BRIDGE - c/u worker demonstrating - SHUTTLE NO 1 DIES - c/u worker demonstrating - SHUTTLE NO 1 BRIDGE ROLLER - c/u shot - SHUTTLE NO 1 GRIPPER HOUSING - worker demonstrating - SHUTTLE NO 1 GRIPPER PADS - worker demonstrating with length of wire (8.27) SHUTTLE NO 1 GRIPPER ROLLERS - worker demonstrating with length of wire - SHUTTLE NO 1 FREE-RUNNING WEFT - SHUTTLE NO 2 CLEAN - worker cleans inside and outside of shuttle with cloth - SHUTTLE NO 2 EXTERNAL SURFACES - worker demonstrates - SHUTTLE NO 2 SPINDLE - c/u pirn in shuttle, worker demonstrates - SHUTTLE NO 2 ROLLERS - worker demonstrates spinning rollers - SHUTTLE NO 2 BRIDGE - c/u worker demonstrating - SHUTTLE NO 2 DIES - c/u worker demonstrating - SHUTTLE NO 2 BRIDGE ROLLER - c/u shot - SHUTTLE NO 2 GRIPPER HOUSING - worker demonstrating - SHUTTLE NO 2 GRIPPER PADS - worker demonstrating with length of wire - SHUTTLE NO 2 GRIPPER ROLLERS - worker demonstrates spinning rollers - SHUTTLE NO 1 FREE-RUNNING WEFT - worker reels out some wire from shuttle (11.03) PROTECTION - worker demonstrates safety lever and places shuttle in loom, undoes safety lever - HEDDLE CHAINS OR BELTS - gvs worker cleaning chains and checking tension along length of loom - SELVEDGE FINGERS R H AND L H - worker demonstrates (13.49)