Cotton Mill Girls & Idle Mills (1947)

Blackburn, Lancashire. Various shots of Pathe reporter John Parsons, surrounded by women mill workers, interviewing them - no sound. Women talking, some laugh etc. Various shots of John Parsons with factory owner Raymond Duckworth walking around idle machinery. Mr Duckworth talking into camera - no sound. Note in the old record reads - Cuts 47/2. 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), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.