• Short Summary

    A lady on the street repairs ladders in stockings, a female cobbler visits people's houses to mend their shoes, and a barber cuts hair in the street under the shelter of half an upturned boat.

  • Description

    Item title reads - CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 75).

    01:34:05 - Location unknown. M/S of a sign advertising 'Invisible Mending while you wait, 2d per ladder.' next to a sewing kit. M/S of a lady having her stocking repaired in the street. M/S of the stocking afterwards, she pays the woman who has repaired it. M/S of a man showing her the hole in his sock.

    01:34:31 - Location unknown. M/S of a female cobbler walking up to a house with her tools. A lady brings out a shoe for her to mend which she does as she sits on the doorstep. Various shots as the woman uses her tools to mend the shoe.

    01:35:03 - Location unknown. M/S of a barber sat in half an upturned boat on the street, a customer approaches and sits on a chair sheltered by the boat. Various shots as he gives him a shave with cut-throat razor.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1128.16
    Media URN:
    39261
    Group:
    Pathetones
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    02/03/1936
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:37:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:33:58:00 / 01:35:35:00
    Canister:
    PT 310

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