Party Hats (1957)

Walthamstow, London. High angle C/U of designer Harry Lamplough working on a design for a red ’bookie’s’ hat. C/U of Harry’s face. C/U of Harry’s brush being dipped in a pallet of paint. C/U of the paint being applied to the design. C/U of Harry. C/U of the design. M/S of Harry sitting at his desk working in a studio filled with papier mache hats. Harry’s boss, Alan Bangham, takes a seat beside Harry. As Alan looks at the design, Harry produces a paper blower and blows it at Alan. Alan laughs - the narrator comments “this, by the way, is one place where you can do that to the boss and get away with it“. Alan is managing director of a company which makes party hats. C/U of sheets of wood pulp on the factory floor. Tilt up as a man picks up a sheet and feeds it into a pulping machine. C/U of the pulping machine in action. M/S of George Baker pouring a jug of red dye, followed by a jug of yellow, into a gigantic mixing machine. Close up of the gloopy papier mache mixture being stirred mechani