Description: Opening title reads 'Heraldic Shield' followed by some credits (see below) with a wooden background. A middle-aged man in a dark suit sits at a desk with closed red curtains behind him, writing something and smoking a pipe. Piano music plays in the background. A narrator speaks over the scene: "In my factory one room is devoted to the design and production of small heraldic shields, the sort of things we'd like to hang on the wall, to remind us of our old school or college, rowing club and so on. This young man came to see me one afternoon with pretty definite ideas of what he wanted." A younger man, also in a dark suit, enters the office and sits opposite the older man at the desk, taking a piece of paper from his jacket which he hands to the older man. On it is drawn a sketch of a heraldic shield. "The design looked alright to me and I hoped our artist Ronnie would consider it suitable." The older man presses a button on his desk to summon the artist Ronnie. Ronnie, wearing a short-sleeved shit and tie, is seen getting up from a drawing then going through to the room where the two men sit. The older man shows two colourful wooden shields to the younger man, who then leaves the room with Ronnie. Ronnie takes the sketch to his desk and traces out the outline of a small shield. "Whilst Ronnie gets to work on the detailed design of the shield, the wooden base must be prepared, and this is attended to by Len, the other member of the staff of this department." Len, a younger blonde man, is seen making a wooden shield shape. as Ronnie continues to draw. "On completion of the drawing, a tracing has to be made." Ronnie makes a tracing. The boss brings more shields for Ronnie and Len. Len darkens one of the shields with varnish. "The lines of the tracing must be carefully pricked out: a tedious job but an important stage in the process. French chalk, carefully applied, finds its way through the holes and the outline is clearly visible." Ronnie chalks through the stencil onto the dark shield, then takes a pot of red paint. "In applying the background colours, the chalk outline is required merely as a guide, and the detail is wiped off to obtain a clean surface for painting. These are stages in the development of the complete design. Before each item is painted, the chalk transfer is reapplied, to give the artist the necessary guidance." We see these stages as more layers of colour and detail are added to the shield. "The stained wooden base takes on a new lustre as Len gets busy with the French polish." We see Ronnie applying the final details, and Len drilling into the shield. "Gold paint is carefully applied to the bevel. Varnishing the shield ensures protection for lifetime, and now completed, in joins the others in drying overnight in a dust-free cupboard." The shield is placed in the cupboard and Len and Ronnie put their coats on to leave for the day. We then see Ronnie return to his desk in the morning and remove the shield from the cupboard. "I was pleased with the finished result, as this design was one of the most complicated we had attempted, and I felt sure as I watched Len attend to the packing and dispatch that our customer would be satisfied." We see the customer unwrapping his shield at home, his wife looking over his shoulder. They proudly hang the shield over the mantelpiece. THE END is written over a close-up shot of the shield.