Upside Down Painting Issue Title - Art And… 1937

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Upside down painting. Part of ART AND ARTISTS issue.

Dunstable, Bedfordshire.

Mr Edwin Aldous is artist who sees and paints upside down (like a camera lens). Various shots of Mr A. working on water colour landscape painting. Various shots of his previous work - filmed upside down and...

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
42020
Sort Number:
NSP 068
Time in/Out:
01:31:01:00 / 01:32:11:00
Canister:
NSP 68
Film ID:
1240.26
Issue Date:
15/07/1937

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