Postage Helps Painter

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1849A

Date Released

12 Nov 1964

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1We Shall Remember Them
2. 2Amateur Skaters Retain Titles
3. 3Spring in the Air
4. 4Postage Helps Painter
5. 5Stirring Occasion

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Postage Helps Painter. DESCRIPTION: Signor Albergamo of Rome uses old postage stamps to create reproductions of famous works of art. The reproductions are works of art in themselves - each one a mosaic of tiny scraps of paper, every colour carefully matched to the original. It takes around three months, and many thousands of stamps to complete a picture. SHOTLIST: CU Guiseppe Albergamo inspecting stamps. MS same cutting stamps. CU same. CU of him sticking stamps onto picture. CU of Guiseppe. CU picture. MS picture being hung. CUs picture of late Pope John and picture of vase of flowers. Other CUs of the composition of picture and one of a wooden head.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Locations

Italy; Rome

Footage sources

France

Card file number

89015

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

75

Story extras:

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