G.P.O. Art 1959

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Camera pans across a painting by F.B. Savage of the H.M.T.S. Monarch. This is one of a collection of paintings to be found - not in an art gallery - but at the headquarters of the G.P.O. (General Post Office) in London. Various paintings are shown and one artist is mentioned by name - John Minton.

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
2492
Sort Number:
CP 240
Time in/Out:
01:26:58:00 / 01:30:00:00
Canister:
CP 240
Film ID:
93.12
Issue Date:
03/08/1959

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