Boys and girls on bicycles pass by on the street in Mazamet, France. Industries in the area. Farmer with flock of sheep. Sacks of wool unloaded from freight train. Ruins of small wool factories. Water from waterfalls, river and canals used in the factories.
Man removing wool from hides by soaking and scraping in Mazamet, France. Wool factory in the town. This process of removing wool from hides is called Denapping process. Piles of sheep hides imported from round the world. People write down something from the notice which has been pasted on a wall in the town. Complete denapping process is shown. Hides are soaked in water. Machines hides fed through to remove dirt. Then hand denapping is done. Wool is scraped from hides with knives.
Skins dried in the factory in Mazamet in France. Skins softened in chemical baths through rollers. Tanning in huge drum to preserve them and make them waterproof. They are polished and pressed.
Processing of wool in warehouses in Mazamet, France. Spinning mills and machines in factory. Women gather wool from the floor. Processing of yarn in the factory. Machines process wool into yarn. Men test bundles of wool for export. Bundles of wool transported in trucks. Another man receives him. A bridge over a river. An old man gets lift in a truck uphill to his home. The driver helps the old man get off the truck. The old man hiking. The old man looks at the valley.
Arras railway station in France, during World War One. Deserted platforms and building. Barbed-wire defenses set up by the Germans along rail lines coming into the Arras station. Three British soldiers relaxing by the railroad tracks. They smoke and talk amongst themselves.
British soldiers stand at railway station in Arras, France, as a steam locomotive railroad train passes, carrying troops and military supplies during World War 1. One soldier jumps off the train (which is moving very slowly). This is the first train to arrive here in two years. In town, the pipe and drum corps, of the British Gordon Highlanders Infantry Regiment, plays and marches to celebrate as other British troops watch.
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