Wooden Armies

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

167

Date Released

10 Mar 1958

Date recorded

7 Feb 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

758

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Testing Domestic Appliances
2. 2Wooden Armies
3. 3Car Transformation

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: For model-making with a difference we meet artist and sculptor Russell Gammage, of Greenwich, who specialises in wooden models accurate to the last detail - particularly in dress. These 10-inch-high models go to museums and collectors all over the world and nothing short of perfection will do; be it a Roman legionnaire of the 1st century AD or a Greek infantryman of the 5th century AD, the research into either subject may take months.

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Toys and models

Locations

London; England; Greenwich

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

238

Story extras:

Film clip

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