Design for Pleasure

Series

Series Name

Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

16

Date Released

Jul 1953

Length of issue (in feet)

1774

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Coronation Day
2. 2Building for the Future
3. 3Digging for Fun
4. 4Design for Pleasure
5. 5Steelmans Target
6. 6Action Stations
7. 7All Star Bill

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 7

Summary

BFI Summary - marquetry as a hobby
NFA synopsis: Mr William Humble of Redbourn’s engineering department introduces marquetry, May 1953. Scenes of him in the wood shop and making a marquetry picture of a kingfisher for his wife. His young son brings the tea in to his mother in the living room on her birthday, with the marquetry picture in the tray.

Keywords

Children; Domestic life; Arts and crafts

Written sources

British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.7 No.82 August 1953, p431.

Credits:

Producer

E. P. Moyna

Sponsor

Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group

Production Co.

Verity Films Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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Notes

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