Shoe Repairs (1953)

Shoe repair class at Poplar, London. Night shot young women and girls going into a school. C/U sign: “evening institute“. Interior. Various C/Us girls’ legs as they take their shoes off. Various shots girls working in workshop learning how to fix shoes at cobbling evening class. Various shots of class teacher Herbert Blackeby teaching girls how to cut new wooden heels (narrator points out that Blackeby looks similar to politician Herbert Morrison!) Various shots girl named Colleen learning how to polish newly fitted heels. Various C/Us of girls stamping their cold stockinged feet! 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 Ne