Sculptoon 1947

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Titles read: "SCULPTOON BY GEOFFREY DAVIEN".

Location of events unknown.

Various shots show 'sculptoonist' Geoffrey Davien working on a caricature model of cricketer Walter (Wally) Hammond. He starts out with a basic wire structure. Dissolve into Geoffrey adding clay. Dissolve into...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45539
Sort Number:
NP 122
Time in/Out:
01:19:23:00 / 01:20:46:00
Canister:
NP 122
Film ID:
1398.10
Issue Date:
13/01/1947

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