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Sewing Thread and Ribbons
CLEAN: Interior shots of sawing thread and ribbons in a hat shop on 20 April 2020 in Luton, United Kingdom.
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: Volunteers in Malaysia sew protective suits for health workers
Volunteers at the International Islamic University in Malaysia sew protective suits for medical workers, forming a production line of blue and yellow fabric with scissors and sewing machines (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : South Africa: Alexandra township workshop produces reusable face masks for residents
In Johannesburg's Alexandra township, the Hluvuku Designs sewing workshop has shifted its production from traditional textiles to reusable face masks (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: Iraqi volunteers produce masks for Mosul residents
Volunteers sew protective masks at a workshop sponsored by a local relief organisation in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, amid an increasing need for masks for protection against the spread of the coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via...
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Sewing Machine
CLEAN: Interior shots of sawing machines in a hat shop on 20 April 2020 in Luton, United Kingdom.
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CLEAN : Families take provisions to confined sailors aboard French aircraft carrier
Blankets, comic strips and sewing machines: just some of the items families of confined sailors, quarantined aboard the aircraft-carrier Charles-de-Gaulle due to cases of coronavirus, are taking to their loved ones at a naval base in...
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CLEAN : London volunteers make and deliver thousands of colourful masks for frontline workers amid pandemic
A collective of volunteers in London sew colourful and "fashionnable" masks made from donated fabric that they will deliver to frontline workers across the British capital who continue to work during the lockdown, imposed to stem the...
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VOICED : Mujeres fabrican hisopos artesanales en Uruguay
Con investigación científica de respaldo, la ayuda de máquinas de coser, destreza y mucha paciencia, un grupo de mujeres uruguayas fabrica hisopos artesanales, un insumo fundamental en tiempos de covid-19 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Lebanese seamstresses stitch Covid-19 body bags as deaths spike
Umm Omar walks through the "Al Umm" textile workshop in the southern city of Sidon between seamstresses busy at work sewing body bags as demand rises due a spike in Covid-19 related deaths (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Sex sells: China farm region becomes 'lingerie capital'
Guanyun, a flat farming region between Beijing and Shanghai, is China's self-proclaimed "Lingerie Capital", where sewing machines hum in village-level micro-factories to meet up to 70 percent of the fast-growing domestic demand (Footage...
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VOICED : Los mercados de Kabul se llenan de enseres de afganos desesperados por huir o comer
Vajillas, electrodomésticos, televisores de hace décadas, antiguas máquinas de coser o alfombras se acumulan en los mercadillos callejeros de Kabul (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Grandmother who had world’s first Covid jab urges vaccine take-up on anniversary
Margaret Keenan, who a year ago became the first person in the world to have a Covid-19 jab, has urged people to get vaccinated. The 91-year-old said: “The best Christmas present I could have is being in good health and having had the...
Bridgeman Arts
Girl with dress, 1940s
1940s: Girl stands, holds up dress. Girl walks to mirror. Girl touches shoulders. Girl looking in mirror. Close up of instructions. Girl looks in mirror. Girl pinning dress with mirror. Girl enters.
Bridgeman Arts
Women posing, factory work, c.1920-1950s
1920s: Women pose before a pool. People working on rows of sewing machines. 1950s: Men sit around a table. Man reads an article about Lenin. He reads over the shoulder of another man. They talk.
Bridgeman Arts
Textile production and the Industrial Revolution. 1942
Clip 2 from 'The Industrial Revolution', a 1942 black and white documentary exploring the evolution and transition of the manufacturing processes of human kind. Re-enactments of women workers using early machinery used for textile...
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VOICED : British artist sews an entire newsagents shop with felt
For one month artist Lucy Sparrow turned a run down London store into a felt installation after sewing all the contents of an average grocery shop and putting them on sale
