Detail
Title ID | 8381 | Collection ID | 1188 | ||||||||||||
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Title | Washing the Sweep | ||||||||||||||
Date | 1898 | ||||||||||||||
Collection | Early Films | ||||||||||||||
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Theme | Early film in the South East Working Life | ||||||||||||||
Keywords | Women Men Domestic Gardens Everyday Life Workers Play | ||||||||||||||
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Format | Black & White Silent | ||||||||||||||
Duration | 1 min. 3 sec. | ||||||||||||||
Copyright & Access | Copyright restrictions apply, contact Screen Archive South East for details |
Summary
A chimney sweep who disturbs two washer women gets his comeuppance in this 1898 film by James Williamson.
Description
Two women hang out white washing on a line outdoors. A chimney sweep enters, dirtying the washing and chasing the women. One of the women splashes water at him from a large wash tub and tries to scrub his face, forcing him onto the ground. The other brandishes a hose [?].