Coach Painter

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

2379A

Date Released

9 Jan 1975

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Pope Open Holy Door
2. 2Coach Painter
3. 3Tricycle Rider
4. 4Circus Training
5. 5Reindeer Race

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Coach Painter. DESCRIPTION: Alex Hamilton is Australia’s only surviving coach painter - although he is now in his seventies, he still works free hand. SHOTLIST: MS pieces of old coaches. MLS pieces of old wagons. MLS row of broken wagons and carts. MS through wagon wheel looking at carts. MCU painted up wheel on cart. MCU piece of painted cart, man walks past. MS through wheels to see Alex Hamilton pull back to see him walk first toward and then past camera, pan to see coaches. MCU Mr Hamilton through coachwork painting. MS ditto paint on butcher’s old cart. MCU sign on back of cart ‘Pioneer Valley Park Butcher’. MS Mr Hamilton walking towards camera.

Keywords

Vehicles; Industry and manufacture; Older people

Locations

Australia

Footage sources

Australia

Card file number

75/6

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

75

Story extras:

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