Copying Nature - Flowers From Bread (1935)

Titles read: “Copying Nature“. Location of events unknown. Various shots of some bits of bread being made into flowers! Mr W L Phillips is seen moistening the bread in some water, making it into a doughy consistency. He then forms little petals from the dough and forms them into delicate rosebuds, using a piece of wire for the stem. He paints the finished flowers. C/Us of finished flowers and table decorations made by Mr Phillips. Commentator tells us that he was a miner who developed this hobby into a business during a period of unemployment. 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 Paramo