Arnold Golay, toy-maker
Arnold Golay, 91, a former watchmaker who once had learned to make a timepiece entirely by hand. This know-how has always stood him in good stead. Upon retirement, Golay became a full-time toy maker. Even as a watchmaker, he used to make toys for his own children. The film follows his steps as he bu...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | French |
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Watertown, MA
Documentary Educational Resources (DER)
1992, 1992
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| Series: | Ethnographic video online, volume 1
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| Collection: | Ethnographic Video Online Vol. 1 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Arnold Golay, 91, a former watchmaker who once had learned to make a timepiece entirely by hand. This know-how has always stood him in good stead. Upon retirement, Golay became a full-time toy maker. Even as a watchmaker, he used to make toys for his own children. The film follows his steps as he builds a toy hand-cart, from raw wood to finished product. We also see his collection of toys, which are reduced-scale models of all the carts, wheel barrows and other implements used on the farm before the invention of the tractor |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 12, 2014) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (26 min.) |