Shells - and shells - and shells.

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

654

Date Released

14 Dec 1933

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Snow & Smoke - Sicily Contrasts
2. 2Burly Whirls! "Acrobatics"
3. 3Nightlights!
4. 4Shells - and shells - and shells.

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

NoS Summary - objets d’art are made from shells, starfish and seahorses.
British Pathe synopsis: "Going to the Seaside? Try collecting shells" C/U of a huge shell held in a man’s arms. It is a clam shell. M/S of shelves containing bottles of shells. "When you get them home, they’ll keep you busy for hours - making them up into novel and useful articles for the home." C/U of a man making something from a sea urchin shell. He is smoking a pipe as he works. C/U of his objets d’art which has a starfish, sea horses and shells stuck around a base. C/U of him sticking two shells together then sticking a sea horse onto the side. "If you’re more particular, get them electro-plated." M/S of a man dipping a shell into a bath of liquid for electroplating. "Just glance at these - and only shells!" C/U of a dish and a spoon made from shells. Various other items made from shells are presented to the camera including a pot with a lid made from sea urchins. Tiny little shell bowls are shown. The last item shown is a large shiny shell bowl with feet made of other shells and a sea horse on the side.

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.275
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP275
National Film Archive Catalogue

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