The Home We Love Reel 1
Documentary: Focuses on the French town of Mazamet between Carcasonne and Toulouse, and its role as a great wool and leather producing centre, before and after World War II.
Typical old French man leaving home, walking in village / town narrow streets. Stops to talk to old woman on doorstep. Top shot town of Mazamet - rooftops - valley. Old man stops at shop. Modern buildings in Mazamet, banks inc. Credit Lyonnais. Vars brass plaques with names of businesses connected to wool industry.
02:31:58 Farmer with flock of sheep. Sacks of wool unloaded from freight train. Ruins of small wool factories which had to close when the flocks died.
02:32:38 Waterfall / river / canals leading local especially soft spring water into factories for washing wool - saviour of town. Method of removing wool from hides by soaking in water and scraping. Denapping process. Piles of sheep hides imported from round the world.
02:34:19 Men round notice board in street writing down wool prices - ‘Laines de Mazamet’.
02:34:35 Complete denapping process shown - hide soaked in water. Machines / rollers - hides fed through to remove dirt and grease. Skins redipped and then put into fermentation chambers. Hand denapping - wool is scraped from hides with special knives. Skins dried and sent for curing. Interior factory - Skins softened in chemical baths - through rollers - tanning, skins into huge drum. Skins polished and pressed - CUs workers w/ very dangerous machines in action.
Marshall Plan. Agriculture / Farming. Textile Industry.
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The Home We Love Reel 1 Documentary: Focuses on the French town of Mazamet between Carcasonne and Toulouse, and its role as a great wool and leather producing centre, before and after World War II. Typical old French man leaving home, walking in village / town narrow streets. Stops to talk to old woman on doorstep. Top shot town of Mazamet - rooftops - valley. Old man stops at shop. Modern buildings in Mazamet, banks inc. Credit Lyonnais. Vars brass plaques with names of businesses connected to wool industry. 02:31:58 Farmer with flock of sheep. Sacks of wool unloaded from freight train. Ruins of small wool factories which had to close when the flocks died. 02:32:38 Waterfall / river / canals leading local especially soft spring water into factories for washing wool - saviour of town. Method of removing wool from hides by soaking in water and scraping. Denapping process. Piles of sheep hides imported from round the world. 02:34:19 Men round notice board in street writing down wool prices - ‘Laines de Mazamet’. 02:34:35 Complete denapping process shown - hide soaked in water. Machines / rollers - hides fed through to remove dirt and grease. Skins redipped and then put into fermentation chambers. Hand denapping - wool is scraped from hides with special knives. Skins dried and sent for curing. Interior factory - Skins softened in chemical baths - through rollers - tanning, skins into huge drum. Skins polished and pressed - CUs workers w/ very dangerous machines in action. Marshall Plan. Agriculture / Farming. Textile Industry.