Birth of a Statue

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

332

Date Released

8 May 1961

Date recorded

7 Apr 1961

Length of issue (in feet)

764

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Abbey Gardener
2. 2Birth of a Statue
3. 3Athletes for Ballet

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 3

Summary

NoS Summary - Dr Arthur Fleischmann works on a statue of St Francis of Assisi, which is then cast in bronze at a Battersea foundry and finally erected at a Franciscan establishment in London.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Locations

London; England

Written sources

British Pathe online database

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

374

Story extras:

Film clip

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