Banner Artists 1958

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Hitchin, Hertfordshire.

Nice footage of a group of artists creating large decorative banners. Various shots of Mr Herbert Sharp and four other artists painting silk banners with oils and decorating them with gold and silver leaf. Nice shots of the banners and the artists at work.

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1357
Sort Number:
CP 208
Time in/Out:
01:34:39:00 / 01:36:40:00
Canister:
CP 208
Film ID:
83.11
Issue Date:
22/12/1958

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