The Making Of Wedgwood Reel 2 (1958)

1958? Continued from Reel 1. Reel 2. Finished Wedgwood crockery goes through a final check after the creative process. Rejects are marked with a cross and smashed into containers by a man. The perfect pottery is wrapped in lots of straw or wood-wool and packed into huge wooden casks. Lettering on the casks show they are being sent to San Francisco, Sydney, Toronto and New York. In a showroom, Sir John Wedgwood shows a young woman the translucency of fine bone china, holding a plate up to the light so we can see his hand behind it. Display of Queen’s Ware dinner service and tea set. Display of the famous Blue Jasper pottery. A woman turns a Portland Vase round on a turntable and lifts it up so we see the design continues on the base. Shot of more Wedgwood crockery set out on tables as if for a dinner party. Commentator talks of the ideals of the company, “the pride of craftsmanship, and the happiness and enthusiasm of 2,000 people, born of long comradeship.“ M/Ss of a lorry stacked with Wedgwood casks driving away from the factory and along a country road. End credits. Director of Photography - Stan Goozee; Film Editor - Oliver Cheatle; Sound - George Newberry, Nolan Roberts; Production Manager - Terry Hunter; Associate Producer - Lionel Hoare; Directed by Terry Ashwood. The End. Note: commentary by Edward Ward. Some of the footage from Reel 1 of this documentary is also found in CP 319 - Crockery Design. 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 Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.