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This seasonal interest film shows the girls and women of Messrs Clark,
Nickolls and Coombs factory making Christmas decorations (probably at the
company's licensed Clamico Works, at Victoria Park, London). It illustrates the
various processes involved, with some work done by hand and some with the aid of
machines.
The workforce that we see consists exclusively of women. The girls are all
very neatly dressed and orderly - in marked contrast to some other films of
industrial processes such as the same year's A Day in the Life of a Coal Miner,
in which women are seen doing very heavy physical labour. As was usual for
interest films of this type, the finished product is seen being enjoyed by a
bourgeois family round the Christmas tree, with Santa putting in a special cameo
appearance. Presumably the producers were aiming at this respectable
middle-class audience and at those a bit further down the social scale who might
aspire to join it.
Bryony Dixon
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Complete film (6:17)
