Brighter Signs!

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

534

Date Released

27 Aug 1931

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - Woman paints a road sign to hang in Truro, Cornwall.
British Pathe synopsis: Introductory intertitle reads: "We don’t mean "shop" signs - but town and village road indications. Something typical of the town we are approaching - like this." M/S of a woman drawing a building on a blank piece of paper. She then begins to paint the sign. "These distinctive signs would add just that needed brightness to our roads." The painting takes shape. It is a sign for Truro in Cornwall. The painter stands back to admire her work. Low angle shot of the finished sign hanging in place. High angle shot of the town. Camera pans across to show the cathedral featured in the sign.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.218
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP218 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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