Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Pottery


A bunker is opened which contains large mass of clay. Pottery teacher grabs a large piece of clay and drops it on to a board. He then cuts it in half with a wire cutter. He prepares the clay by kneading it on a board. He slices the clay to show that there are no air holes. He rolls a small piece of clay into a ball and makes a thumb pot. C/U of mans hands as he makes a small pot. Child rolls clay into a coil and winds it round onto a circular base. He then uses his thumb to smooth the clay to join it to the base. Various stages of coil pots are shown. C/U of hands joining the coils to the pots. Coils are also used to make models. We see a duck (?) being made. C/U of craftsman's hands as he moulds the head of the duck. Making tiles. A mould is placed on the table and clay is pressed into the mould. A metal tool is used to scrape away excess clay. A wet sponge us used to soften the clay. Once all the excess clay is trimmed away, the tile is decorated with slip. The tile is dipped into a bowl of slip. A darker coloured slip is painted on to the tile. Another tile is decorated by cutting away the shape of a cockerel with a sharp tool. The objects we have seen being made are displayed with some other pottery objects.

Monday, March 11, 2019

Railways & Locomotives

Locomotives & railways

locomotives 2nd front
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_weWCHf9sQ

Building A British Steam Locomotive: Power To Order - 1941 Educational Film - S88TV1
Power to Order - Engineering and manufacturing steam locomotives at the Doncaster works in Britain in 1940s. With LMS 8F 2-8-0 Freight Locomotive seen and used in WW2. Foundry forging in action.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTvPP8Yhz_A

laying tracks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXqk380cHwE

joints & junctions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjraY7L9Jig

railway tunnel construction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9y7WQjNjik

Steam Trains - Shunter Blacks Night Off - 1941 British Trains in World War Two
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1QY2A2C5pc

1947 - Relaying Train Tracks In The 1940's - Railways in Britain Educational Documentary - S88TV1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyvVHE-37AU

1950 - STEAM LOCOMOTIVES IN HEAVY SNOW - VINTAGE FILM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMAEeHGRHUE

aerial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VuKrVRve3k

Trains & Steam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOGYZC-IJPQ


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