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Summary
Titles read: Queer Jobs! Filmed at Swindon
Swindon, Wiltshire
Various shots of railway employees with strange job titles at work 'Boshmen' clean the grease off locomotive parts A 'Hair Carder' prepares the hair for a railway carriage upholster, who stuffs a seat back with the hair - he is known as a 'Trimmer' The 'Clothier' applies heatproof plaster to an engine boiler
Brief shot of showgirls putting on their coats backstage; cut to a 'Dresser' who shapes castings with a hammer and chisel The 'Shingler' controls a giant hammer that beats out red hot metal The 'Pull-up Boy' opens the furnace door for white hot bars to be taken to the 'Roughers', who pull the metal through rollers
The 'Puncher' punches rivet holes in metal sheets and the 'Holder Up' holds up the heads of red-hot rivets for the riveters The 'Saw Doctor' makes sure the saw is fit for work The 'Hooker On' hooks things onto the crane, and the 'Stripper' dismantles machinery
Very good for shots of workers in 1930's heavy industry (Steel works, boiler makers etc)
Footage Information
Source | British Pathé |
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Title | QUEER JOBS |
Description |
Titles read: Queer Jobs! Filmed at Swindon
Swindon, Wiltshire Various shots of railway employees with strange job titles at work 'Boshmen' clean the grease off locomotive parts A 'Hair Carder' prepares the hair for a railway carriage upholster, who stuffs a seat back with the hair - he is known as a 'Trimmer' The 'Clothier' applies heatproof plaster to an engine boiler Brief shot of showgirls putting on their coats backstage; cut to a 'Dresser' who shapes castings with a hammer and chisel The 'Shingler' controls a giant hammer that beats out red hot metal The 'Pull-up Boy' opens the furnace door for white hot bars to be taken to the 'Roughers', who pull the metal through rollers The 'Puncher' punches rivet holes in metal sheets and the 'Holder Up' holds up the heads of red-hot rivets for the riveters The 'Saw Doctor' makes sure the saw is fit for work The 'Hooker On' hooks things onto the crane, and the 'Stripper' dismantles machinery Very good for shots of workers in 1930's heavy industry (Steel works, boiler makers etc) |
Archive | British Pathe |
Year | 01/01/1934 |
Duration | 00:02:15:00 |
Stock | Black & White |
Sound | Sound |
Film ID | 110607 |