Sewing Machines (1964)

London. Various old fashioned antique sewing machines are demonstrated. Women sewing wear period costume (although much more make up than would have been worn at the time!). One woman wears a Victorian style outfit, another a “flapper outfit“. The antique sewing machines are from a Swiss collection. Modern sewing machine is contrasted. Good shots of women sewing. C/Us of some machine embroidery taking shape. “This machine might have frightened our Victorian grannies“ states the narrator as the machine does its work. Various pieces of machine embroidery are seen in C/U. Cuts exist - see separate record. 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 Graphi