Manufacture of socks and nylon stockings at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, United States. Socks are being packed. A fashion model wearing nylon stockings. Yarn being knit into knitting machines and then rolled up on beams. Clothes being washed and dyed. Women employees measure stockings. In quality control laboratory stockings are subjected to various tests. Coordinators work to obtain perfect quality stockings. Exteriors of the Burlington Mills. U.S. flag flutters atop the building. View of different types of fabrics. A montage shows Major League Football match being played, surgeons doing surgery, children singing, fabric roll, umbrellas, handbags and workers at Burlington Mills indulged in various activities.
Knitted fabric of the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA. View of knitted fabric clothes. Women at work on a modern knitting machine. A fashion model displays garments made up of knitted fabric.
Cotton fiber being converted into yarn at the Burlington Mills in North Carolina, USA. Yarn is dyed before further operations. Skilled beamer sets colored threads into a pattern and they are rolled onto a loom beam. Beams go into a drawing machine. Prepared beams are made ready for the loom. Cotton fabric being prepared. View of cotton fabric blended with aluminum thread.
Manufacture of decorative fabric at Burlington Mills in North Carolina, United States. Individual threads are controlled by holed punched into an endless belt. Fabric is inspected before finalization. Table clothes, napkins and curtains being manufactured. Women arrange upholstery on a couch.
In the quality control department of the Burlington Mill, yarn is tested for its strength. The yarn is subjected to various tests including abrasion test, tensile strength test and others tests. Close up of the Burlington Mill logo on a fabric roll.
Credits for the documentary titled 'Creative Hands' about mountain handicrafts in North Carolina. Background info about earlier handicrafts as an important part of civilization. Hands of a woman working on a wooden hand loom. An artisan sculpting a swan in clay. A person working clay on a potter's wheel. Scene change to New York City and busy areas of Manhattan, with pedestrians outside the Rockefeller Center in New York watching ice skaters. Women do window shopping. Crowd of people in a line outside a broadcast studio entrance in the RCA building. Marquee on the building advertises "Invasion Preview" and "Robert Benchley". Scene change again to farming areas in the mountains of southwest North Carolina. Animated map of United States. Wide views of farmland and a house in Brasstown North Carolina. Men cut a tree for lumber using a two man saw. Teacher at John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown helps farmer to develop creative ideas using local materials. A sign reads "John C Campbell Folk School Handcrafts." Farmers walk with their materials and are seen seated at a table of the school showing some of their handicrafts. They are taught creative ideas by the teacher.
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