Old Masters 1955

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London. L/S of the Coronation Ceremony in 1953. M/S of Queen Elizabeth sitting on a throne from a high angle. Dissolve into a painting of the ceremony - it is a painting by Terence Cuneo. Camera pulls back to show the whole painting.

M/S of a man wearing a white coat looking at a painted canvas...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
sound
Media URN:
15468
Sort Number:
CP 001 International
Time in/Out:
01:00:15:00 / 01:03:14:00
Canister:
CP 001 Int'l
Film ID:
25.01
Issue Date:
03/01/1955

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  • See clip 207.19 "Painting Reproductions" for more info on Fiehl.

    jamied 18th Apr 2012
  • "Weiss" is Anton Weiss.

    Final paragraph - the painting isn't "The Rehearsal" it's The Class (correctly, "La Classe de Danse").

    jamied 18th Apr 2012
  • Thanks for the confirmation.

    British Pathé 14th May 2012

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