Shoes For The Famous (1945)

Item title reads - Shoes for the famous. Near St. James’ Palace, London. C/U sign for Lobb shoemakers. C/U of Mr Eric Lobb inside looking at some old handmade shoes and slippers. M/S of a book containing footprints of famous clients. The book is taken over to the last-maker who prepares a wooden model of the clients’ feet. The camera pans across models of the feet of Laurence Olivier, King Farouk, and Marconi who are all clients. A ’clicker’ cuts out the leather patterns. M/S of Mr Saunders, a closer, who fixes the uppers together, Mr Hanson sews on the soles. The camera pans across the finished shoes. M/S’s as they are wrapped up ready for delivery. 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,