Gone Goya

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1682

Date Released

28 Aug 1961

Date submitted

24 Aug 1961

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Festival City
2. 2Gone Goya
3. 3Muscles in the Mountains
4. 4Mark and Julie
5. 5Trouble on the Line
6. 6Welcome in Wales?

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gone Goya. DESCRIPTION: When a place like the National Gallery loses a treasure like Goya’s portrait of the first Duke of Wellington its really sensational news. The painting auctioned at Sotheby’s was bought by an American for £140,000. He let it go to the gallery, for the same price. Then it vanished. Who took it? We haven’t a clue. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV National Gallery. MS Goya’s portrait of Duke of Wellington. GV gallery. MS visitors to gallery. GV notice board. MS visitors. MLS auction at Sotheby’s. MS buyers. MS auctioneer. MS portrait. MS man walking in street with parcel under arm. MS same. MS pan same.

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Crime

Locations

London; National Gallery

Footage sources

Movietone

Card file number

83052

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

65

Story extras:

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