Plates By The Thousand (1961)

M/S of a man digging some clay out of a large bin in a factory; C/Us as his spade slices through a chunk of clay, then throws pieces of clay through a grid in the floor where it seems to be mixed with water. M/S of a man travelling on an overhead crane across the top of the factory. Commentator tells us they are making china at this factory (possibly Wedgwood) in Barlaston in Staffordshire as we see the man empty a long tube of white powder through a hole in the base of the crane. Another man stands at a large circular piece of machinery - a blunger, according to the shot list - that turns round and round with white china clay being mixed with water. High angle M/S of the overhead crane emptying loose clay powder into a large churner, which must somehow direct it into the blunger. High angle M/S of another room of complicated looking equipment with a weighing machine in the centre; a man adjusts the machine and checks the weight of some clay. M/Ss of racks holding pressed sheets of clay; a man takes