In the 1930s, the Homer Laughlin China Company produced this informative look at how china is made. There were a few items in the process I thought looked like Fiesta Ware, but the finished items are other products from their vast selection of patterns. It was not a training video, as we only get a cursory look at the process versus drilling down each step, but it is definitely entertaining.
Not so entertaining is the selected soundtrack. See? You should have read the entire blog entry before your itchy fingers pressed “Play,” so you could be fairly warned. When you watch this video, turn down the volume on your computer. The music may seem quaint at first, but then evolves into a somewhat distracting “smooth jazz’ that has nothing to do with the film, nor does it match the action. It seems as some folks who have discovered the video on Youtube share the sentiment. Perhaps this footage will be reevaluated at some point and era appropriate, or at least music that matches the action, will be included. For now, the silent version is even highly entertaining. At least to me. But I’m a big geek about these things.
