Flint Issue Title Is This England (1943)

Part of issue THIS ENGLAND. Brandon, Suffolk. Various shots of Vic Edwards, a traditional flint napper, at work. We see Vic chipping away at chunks of rock to make delicate gun flints - looks like a highly skilled job. Various C/Us of old flint axe and arrow heads. M/S of bits of flint used as modern building decorations. C/U of antique pistol firing. Various shots of Vic packing gun flints for exportation to West Africa. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can