Soho Cooper (1950)

A Soho cooper at work in Soho, Frith Street, London. M/S Spoke-shaving piece of wood on bench. C/U and M/S Sylvere Harbert, gets up and walks to inverted plane where he smoothes wood. C/U as he straightens up and looks down piece of wood. M/S shaving piece of wood and taking it to bench, He picks up base hoop. C/U Man. C/U hands assembling pieces of wood in hoop, Completes circle. M/S walks out of picture with cask. M/S he puts it on table and puts piece of rope round and ties it. C/U tying rope. M/S he slips another ring over end and hammers. C/U completed casks on shelf. He puts the one he has been working on, on shelf and takes down another. M/S puts fresh cask on table and smoothes with sandpaper. 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 histori