Chalk Portraits 1955

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Regent Street, London.

C/U of a fabric pattern laid out on a piece of fabric in a tailor's workshop. Pan up to show Mr Harry Weatherill, an unconventional tailor who draws portraits on cloth with dressmaker's chalk. L/S of Harry drawing on a piece of tartan. C/U to show that it is a little...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15518
Sort Number:
CP 014
Time in/Out:
01:53:39:00 / 01:55:09:00
Canister:
CP 014
Film ID:
27.24
Issue Date:
04/04/1955

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