Walking Sticks (1949)

Walking sticks from trees.
Chiddingfold, Surrey / Sussex border.
Various shots as a man cuts down 3 year old chestnut trees and strips the branches. M/S of a pile of sticks on the ground. Scene dissolves to piles of sticks in the factory. Various shots as 71 year old Jack Lindlott straightens the sticks out. Various shots as the sticks are heated and Stan Ayling bends the ends into handle shapes. Various shots as the sticks are treated and the ends sawn off afterwards. M/S of gnarled sticks, various shots of different sticks.
FILM ID:1271.22
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