Finger Painting 1954

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Finger Painting, London.

C/U Chinese woman mixing paints. As the woman prepares paints her husband lays out paper on table. M/S man picks up two bowls of paint. C/U his hands as he mixes a little water with the paint. He dips his finger in the paint and starts the picture. Various shots of...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44082
Sort Number:
NP 515
Time in/Out:
01:24:51:00 / 01:26:33:00
Canister:
NP 515
Film ID:
1335.15
Issue Date:
26/07/1954

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