The Silk Moth (1930)

Extreme C/U of a woman’s ankles. Camera tilts up to show her silk stockings. They have a seam running right the way up the back. C/U of silk worm grubs. We see the silk worms eating mulberry leaves. C/U of them munching on leaves. C/U of a nest like affair covered with a silk web. C/U of one of the grubs climbing around on a twig. Various shots of the maggot like creatures. We see one of the grubs making a cocoon. C/U of moth emerging from its cocoon. The size of the silk moth is demonstrated as its cocoon and the moth itself are held between a human’s fingers. The moth is stroked and picked. The moth is pulled away from its cocoon then placed back on it. “You have seen the beginning of silk - you know the end.“ M/S of a woman fixing a stocking to her suspenders - she stands in front of a dressing table with large mirrors. C/U of the woman’s legs. Was an item in Eve’s Film Review issue number 484. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITI