The Model Makers - A Sunderland Industry (1927)

Sunderland. Intertitle reads: “As befitting the world’s greatest Shipbuilders, Britain is the biggest maker of those beautiful Model Ships which grace so many buildings today.“ Man stands in front of a large glass display case inside which is a very large model liner. He stands with his hands in his pockets admiring the model. C/U of a craftsman standing by the wooden hull of a model he is making. He holds a small tool in his hand which he shows to the camera. He then bends over the hull and begins to work on it. He takes another piece of wood and measures it against the hull piece. C/U of the hull being painted with varnish (?) or glue. Hull is turned on its side. M/S of the craftsman screwing another piece of model on to the hull. Other workers are busy with the more intricate parts of the model - funnels, masts etc. We see three men hard at work at a bench. C/U of quite elderly man doing close work with tiny models on a board beside him (possibly a lifeboat amongst other things.) Rowntr