The Craftsman

Item

Code
WSI_0006
Title
The Craftsman
Description
DVD containing the movie "The Craftsman", a colour film about the 12th International Trade Competition for Apprentices in Dublin, Ireland, in July 1963.
The 29-minute film with a narrated voice over gives a chronological overview of the event from the competitors arriving at the airport to the closing ceremony. Among the skills shown are wood working, brick laying and welding. The nationalities shown are European and Asian. In addition to the competition itself, there is a lot of footage of Dublin, its surrounding countryside, official banquets and touristic excursions.
Dublin 1963 was a major success: it was the largest skills competition to be held until that point and more than 200 apprentices from 13 countries took part. 100 observers also attended.
Class
Information
Condition notes
Good
Source-name
WorldSkills Ireland
Source-country
IE-Ireland
Received date (year)
2020
Location
WorldSkills Archive - Madrid
Event-type
Competition event
Event-range
Worldwide
Event-city
Dublin
Event-country
IE-Ireland
Notes
Clips of this movie are included in the WorldSkills Museum exhibition as part of videos in Zone 2
Producer
Orgzanizing Committee and Robert Monks
Language-audio
English
Duration
29 min 39 sec
Units
1
Format
Physical
Dimensions-diameter (cm)
12
AV format-notes
Digitalized to mp4 in 2020
Holder dimensions-height (cm)
19.0
Holder dimensions-width (cm)
13.5
Holder dimensions-depth (cm)
0.5
Holder materials
Plastic
paper
Included in
WorldSkills Museum: reproduction
Item sets
Audiovisual