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Russian Art Show

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1543A
Date Released
1 Jan 1959
Date submitted
22 Dec 1958
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1The Pope Visits a Prison
  2. 2Russian Art Show
  3. 3Tooting Prepare
  4. 4Schoolboy’s Exhibition
  5. 5Donald Campbell Weds
  6. 6How to Meet the Bills
  7. 7To Start the New Year
  8. 8Children Make Music

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Russian Art Show. DESCRIPTION: A comprehensive exhibition of Russian paintings is being shown at the Royal Academy, in London. The 13th Century Icon Death of the Virgin is the earliest exhibited. Seen with the editor of the Soviet Magazine ART, Mr Zimenko, was Sir Charles Wheeler, RA President. This fine collection is the first of its kind to be shown in the West. SHOTLIST: CU details of picture ‘Descent into Hell’ (key). MS men stand up picture. Closer same. CU man on steps. CU picture ‘Death of the Virgin’. CU Face of Virgin closer. MS Mr Zimenko & Sir Charles Wheeler talk. MS same looking at ‘Civil War’. CU soldiers in painting. CU boy soldier. CU delegation at table in ‘Delegates from the village meet Lenin’ by Serov. CU Lenin. CU delegation. MS ‘Communists under cross examination’ by Johanson. CU man with sword. CU two Communists. CU back of man. CU ‘Tolstoy’ painted by Repin. MS landscape - ‘March 1895’ by Plastov. CU man drinking in picture. CU threshing. MS picture.
Keywords
Arts and crafts; Newspapers; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
London; England
Card file number
75845
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
95
Story extras:

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