Making Coronation Clocks (1937)

Location unknown. Various shots of people working on stamps and lathes to produce parts for commemorative clocks for the Coronation of King George VI. Good shots of the tiny pieces being fitted together by hand and machine. A woman looks through microscope to check the teeth of gears and clock work parts. Various shots of springs being fitted. A man cuts clock hands with a fret saw. The clock is assembled by a young woman. The mechanisms are checked and then the ornamentation is fitted. 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 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959),