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Wool industries in Mazamet, France.

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.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027106
Men involved in Denapping process in Mazamet, France.

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.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027107
Men working in a wool factory in Mazamet in France.

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.

Date: 1950
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027108
Processing and transport of wool for export in Mazamet, France

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.

Date: 1950
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675027110
Simon J. Copans talk to listeners and signals to an operator to proceed with the recordings in a studio in Paris, France.

Simon J. Copans, Chief of 'The Voice of America' starts daily broadcast in Franklin D. Roosevelt Studio in Paris, France. Two French listeners ask Simon J. Copans about his favorite recordings. The studio of a sound operator or sound engineer in background. A picture of Franklin D. Roosevelt on a wall. Copans signals to the sound engineer. Views of Copans and both listeners. Interior of the studio engineer's cabin. The engineer is wearing a white laboratory coat. The engineer acts on the signal and proceeds with the recording.

Date: 1950, August
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044608
A secretary receives mails and speaks to listeners of 'The Voice of America' in Paris, France.

The office of 'The Voice of America' in Paris, France. An old woman delivers mail to Copans's secretary. She opens the door to Copans's office. The sign on the door reads "Service Americains D' Information, La Voix de L' Amerique, Simon J. Copans". View from the office: The secretary receives mail while speaking to a listener. A picture of Harry S. Truman on a wall. An old woman gives mail to her. The secretary selects important mail while speaking. Views of the listener while reading a booklet of 'VOIX'. The booklets of French and English versions of 'The Voice of America'.

Date: 1950, August
Duration: 2 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044609