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Coopers Berkhamsted
About this film
This film shows footage of workers from Cooper, McDougall & Robertson, manufacturers of agricultural pesticides etc. in Berkhamsted, interspersed with witty captions. The Wellcome Trust acquired the plant in 1959, though sold it again in 1992. Mainly we see them enjoying various leisure pursuits including reading the paper, playing cricket, fishing, playing tennis, watching performing animals at a Christmas circus, celebrating Christmas day, playing bowls, women exercising in bathing costumes, the Royal wedding the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina, and at the Imperial Fruit Show. There are small glimpses of life at work in the factory, and at the end of the film there are some filmed portraits of some of the workers whose self-consciousness at being scrutinised by the camera is touching. 8 segments.
Directors & creators
Wellcome Library
Subjects
Workplace, Industrial plants, Leisure, Medical
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