As Always, Jack Cardiff's Camerawork Makes This Superior

Ian Mac Néill Ghiolais has been at war in the Battle of the Atlantic. His ship has been sunk ; naturally, the fact that a local boy is missing is the headline of the local paper. Meanwhile, his family goes about their usual work of making Harris Tweed.

I have a cap of Harris tweed, and I know its quality, so this short subject of how it is made is of interest to me, even if it is almost a century out of date. Still, what makes this movie of general interest is the lighting and camerawork of Jack Cardiff, one of the greatest of Technicolor artists. Here he makes all the faces look like silhouettes in an antique cameo brooch.

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How Harris Tweed is made by the islanders in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland.

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