Keen to strike a balance between modern machinery and traditional hand-made skills, Border Weave shows the production of Scottish wool, in stunning Technicolor.
Release year - 1941
Director - John Lewis Curthoys
Production company - Turner Films
Cinematographer - Jack Cardiff
Composer - William Alwyn
Narration - Joseph Macleod
Editor - Reginald Beck
Sound recording - Harold King
Running time (minutes) - 14 mins 40 secs
From all over the world comes wool for Border looms. The theme of this film of the Scottish woollen industry is the weaving of Border cloth. From the preliminary grading and scouring of the wool, the blending of dyes, and the spinning of yarn, each process is described in detail.
(Courtesy: British Council Film Department)
Did you know?
One of the establishing shots is set in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire. Mr Primrose, who served at secretary to the British Council Film Committee, retired to this village after leaving the British Council Film Department in 1946. Border Weave was made in co-operation with the Scottish Woollen Export Council. Records suggest that the working title for this film may have been 'Close Knit'.
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