Big Lady 1968

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Brighton, East Sussex.

In a back garden we see various shots of sculptor David Whipp at work, welding pieces of metal together on a huge abstract statue of a Suffragette. A girl in a bikini (looking rather cold) poses on a stool with her arms raised above her head.

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4340
Sort Number:
CP 695
Time in/Out:
01:02:29:00 / 01:04:20:00
Canister:
CP 695
Film ID:
429.02
Issue Date:
18/04/1968

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