Gold Beating (1949)

Gold beating. London. Various shots as gold ingots are pressed out into long ribbons through a machine. They are taken away to be beaten. M/S men with hammers. Squares are placed between layers of vellum and beaten. M/S of marble blocks which absorb the blows. M/S as they check the thickness of the leaf. M/S of a group of girls at a table. C/U as they the leaf with sharpened reeds and put it between pieces of tissue paper. 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 historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can