Spectacle Manufacture (1965)

The manufacture of spectacles at a factory in London.
L/S's and M/S's of optician placing eye testing machine in front of woman's face. He adjusts the lenses.
Various shots from the spectacle factory. Workmen examining and cutting glass, shaping and weighing and placing pieces in oven. C/U's of glass being polished on wheel, man takes large disc from water he hits it with hammer and lifts it up to reveal lenses.
M/S of woman making bifocal lenses. M/S's of various shots of machines polishing lenses. Numerous shots of the frames being made by hand. M/S of man rubbing frames in hot sand and then pushing the lenses into place.
Back to opticians - C/U customer is handed the glasses, she puts them on and looks in mirror with obvious pleasure.
FILM ID:309.11

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