Ivory Factory (1946)

Location Unknown / Unclear. Various shots of the people making ivory hair brushes in a factory. Man is seen sculpting the handle on grinding wheel and a woman is seen placing hair in holes. Various shots of large machines cutting ivory. Various shots of the men unloading elephants’ horns from a lorry. It takes two men to carry one horn. 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 be viewed on the British Pathé website.