Scrap Artist 1962

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Jess Watkins is a retired ex-mariner turned artist who creates sculptures from scrap metal.

Various shots of the pipe smoking Jess picking out interesting bits from a scrap metal dump. Jess exits with a piece of metal.

Interior. Inside his workshop, Jess bangs the piece with a hammer....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
23256
Sort Number:
CP 418
Time in/Out:
01:28:15:00 / 01:30:58:00
Canister:
CP 418
Film ID:
215.07
Issue Date:
31/12/1962

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