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Flower Pots

1954 , Waltham Abbey (Essex)

Cat no. 509

An educational film shot at unit the pottery works of G & A Tuck Ltd, Upshire near Waltham Abbey.

The film shows a crawler tractor and earth-moving machine scraping up the clay. The commentary explains that this would have been done by hand in earlier times. The clay is left to weather. A sample is shown of clay before weathering, when it is a lump, and after weathering, when it had been broken down. The weathered clay is dug out by hand, put into a tractor drawn truck, and taken to the factory. Here it is put into a grinding machine. A diagram shows how the grinder, rollers and mixer produce clay that can be manipulated by the potters. The clay comes out of the machine in a large lump. In certain potteries, like the one shown in the film, the flower pots are moulded on a machine. The workers operating the machines are all women. A potter hand makes small flower pots. A detailed sequence shows him making a larger flower pot. The pad and pedals that control the speed of the machine are shown and the commentary describes the processes in detail. The pots are left to dry for several days before being placing into the kiln. There are interior shots of the kiln as the men load in the flower pots. The door is sealed and the fires started. The kiln fires for five and a half days before they are allowed to burn out. The kiln cools and the door seal is broken and raked away. The fired pots are unloaded and taken away by lorry.

Keywords

Potteries; Pottery

Other Places

Upshire

Manifestations

Flower Pots

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    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
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    Dimension
    Duration
    0:11:00
    Modification Date
    25/11/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    734528
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    Canonical Title
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    0:11:00
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
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    Duration
    0:11:00
    Modification Date
    31/08/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    724210
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    Barcode
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    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
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    Duration
    0:11:00
    Modification Date
    10/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    708418
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    Canonical Identifier
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    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
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    Colour System
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    Colour Type
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    Duration
    0:08:00
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    05/05/2011
    Parts
    Reference
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    Sound
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    Sound System
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    Barcode
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    Canonical Identifier
    2011/16
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
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    Colour System
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    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:09:43
    Has Image
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
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    Modification Date
    02/02/2011
    Parts
    Reference
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  • Activities
    Barcode
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    Canonical Identifier
    1996/13
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
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    Dimension
    Duration
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    Has Image
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    Has Sound
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    Identifier
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    Modification Date
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    Reference
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    Sound
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    Sound System
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    Barcode
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    Canonical Identifier
    1996/13
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Colour System
    bw
    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:11:06
    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    neg
    Modification Date
    05/01/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    699437
    Sound
    silent
  • Activities
    Barcode
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    Canonical Identifier
    1996/13
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
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    Colour System
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    Colour Type
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    Dimension
    Duration
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    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
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    Modification Date
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    Parts
    Reference
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    Sound
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  • Activities
    Barcode
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    Canonical Identifier
    1996/13
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
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    Colour System
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    Colour Type
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    Dimension
    Duration
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    Has Image
    Y
    Has Sound
    N
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    05/01/2011
    Parts
    Reference
    699433
    Sound
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  • Activities
    Barcode
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    Canonical Identifier
    1996/13
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Details
    Carrier Type
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    Colour System
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    Colour Type
    bw
    Dimension
    Duration
    0:11:06
    Has Image
    Y
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    pos
    Modification Date
    05/01/2011
    Parts
    Reference
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  • Activities
    Barcode
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    Canonical Identifier
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    Canonical Title
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    Carrier Type
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    Dimension
    Identifier
    Modification Date
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    Parts
    Reference
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  • Activities
    Barcode
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    Carrier Type
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    Colour Type
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    Dimension
    Duration
    0:11:06
    Has Sound
    Y
    Modification Date
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    Parts
    Reference
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    Sound
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  • Activities
    Barcode
    INV310131
    Canonical Identifier
    A-525
    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Carrier Type
    16mm film
    Identifier
    Image Polarity
    positive
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
    656017
  • Barcode
    INV204820
    Canonical Identifier
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    Canonical Title
    Unknown
    Duration
    0:12:00
    Identifier
    Modification Date
    25/06/2021
    Parts
    Reference
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