Goods Yard Goddess

Series

Series Name: British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1679

Date Released

7 Aug 1961

Date submitted

4 Aug 1961

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Story No. within this Issue

1 / 4

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Goods Yard Goddess. DESCRIPTION: The unlikeliest artist’s studio in Britain is a London goods yard. Here, sculptor Sean Crampton is working on this statue of Persephone, goddess of Spring. She’s been commissioned by Mr Robert Smith, and when finished, he’ll carry her off to his home in Scotland. When the original block arrived, it was too big for the studio. So, British Railways allowed the artist to work on the spot. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS goddess. CU pan - Sean Crampton at work. MS Mr Robert Smith. MLS goddess. MS same. MS Mr Smith at work on statue. MS pan down from head. CU Mr Crampton at work. MS engine drivers looking on. MS head of statue. CU engine drivers. CU chiselling. MS engine drivers pointing. MS digging out statue’s ear. MS at work on statue. GV statue.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Locations

Kew Gardens; England

Card file number

82957

Credits:

Commentator: Geoffrey Sumner
Camera: Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw

Length of story (in feet)

102

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