The name Peek Frean is as familiar to most British people as Ford is to Americans. They've been making biscuits for a long time and so it is quite interesting to see the manufacturing process from over one hundred years ago. This well-produced documentary follows the process from the arrival of ingredients such as milk and flour to the washing of returned biscuits tins prior to re-use and finally on to the horse-drawn wagons carrying the biscuits through the early-morning city streets for delivery to retail outlets. Two things stand out about this film: the number of people required to produce a tin of biscuits (probably ten times the number required in these automated times) and the frank curiosity of a couple of the men working on the production line. It's probably a little overlong, but this early documentary is fascinating nonetheless. It's also in very good condition for its age.
