Gandolfi Cameras

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2187A

Date Released

6 May 1971

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Washington Demonstration
2. 2Hill Rally
3. 3Gandolfi Cameras
4. 4Broom Ball
5. 51950 Cup Final

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Gandolfi Cameras. DESCRIPTION: An era in the history of photography will pass when the Gandolfi Brothers close down their shop in a few years. They have been producing the World’s best cameras by hand at a small workshop in Peckham, South London. SHOTLIST: SV Monsieur Ramon Pomme de Terre adjusting his Gandolfi camera - he gets under cloth to look through lens. SV woman sitting. SV Pomme de Terre comes from underneath cloth. GV Gandolfi’s works. SCU sign Gandolfi. SV Frederick Gandolfi at workbench. CU piece of wood he’s cutting. SCU Fred. SV stick wood together. CU Fred’s face. CU as he operates slide. LV through doorway (Arthur Gandolfi at work - planes). CU as wood for tripod comes through machine - pan up. SCU tripod - zoom out. SV Arthur tests it. CU his face. SV pan along line of plates to camera. SCU pan camera. SV zoom into CU as bellows are ironed. CU Fred. SV as he slots the bellows into place. BV as Pomme de Terre gets ready to take picture. SCU woman’s inverted image in camera. SV Pomme de Terre takes picture.

Keywords

Shops and shopping

Locations

United Kingdom; Peckham

Card file number

97027

Credits:

Camera

Keith Medley

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

143

Story extras:

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