SERICULTURE
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SERICULTURE 1937
Description INDUSTRIAL DOCUMENTARY: On silk manufacture in China, from the birth of the silkworm to thread. Reel 1: Shows large scale breakaway model of a silkworm. Closeups depict development and feeding of silkworms, silkworms moult, spin cocoons, moths emerge from the cocoons, and mate. Women examine moths under microscopes, and destroy diseased eggs. Reel 2: Shows sorting of cocoons from which silk is made, steaming, reeling, skeining, baling and testing of the silk for cleanliness, evenness, neatness and strength, and winding the finished thread on spools. Women model silk garments.
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