Clay Craftswomen Issue Title Is England Expects (1939)

Clay Craftswomen. Part of ENGLAND EXPECTS issue. Leeds, Yorkshire. Various shots of two young women, art students, doing pottery. They have converted an old forge into their workshop / studio. We see them making hand thrown vases on potter’s wheels. Various shots of women making clay ornaments. Various shots of women grinding fine powder clay. They spread the powder on a newspaper and crush it with glass bottles. Water is added to the powder and it is poured into a plaster of Paris mould. The final result in a figure of a man dancing. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramoun