Bristles And Brushes (1926)

“Besides Bacon and a squeal, our Porky friend furnishes bristles for our brushes....“ Film about how brushes are made. Various processes are seen in C/U. Bristle is selected and sorted, smoothed off and sized. C/U of machinery used. “The brush moves up one when we put a handle to its name.“ C/U of handle being cut from a block of wood. C/U of shaped piece of wood. Machine is used to smooth the handle. C/U of smoothed handle. C/U of machine shaping the handle. A spiked piece of wood is hammered onto the handle to produce the holes required. A machine is used to punch holes in a different handle. C/U of a machine inserting bristles into the brush holes. The back of the bristles are varnished and the handle polished. M/S of man at work hand polishing the brush handles. 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