Jewellery Fair (1957)

Knightsbridge, London. C/U of a glamorous young woman wearing a black velvet dress. She is looking down at a small brooch she is wearing, which is actually a State Trumpeter Fob watch. The camera moves down to a C/U of the watch, she opens the brooch to reveal the watch face then closes it up again. M/S of five different designs of clocks on a table. C/U of a gold clock in the shape of a ship’s wheel, the camera moves down over the face and the narrator says it also features a barometer, thermometer and hygrometer. It also has little ships on the face. C/U of a square gold carriage clock, the narrator tells us it works by atmospheric pressure, the camera pans down to show the mechanism just beneath the clock face. Note: Approximately the first minute of this item is missing. The length and duration relate to what exists. 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.