Wire Modelling 1957

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Clerkenwell, London.

Narrator explains how fashion in most forms of art seems to run in cycles. In 1957 contemporary design in every sphere is going back to simplicity.

We are introduced to a new art - wire modelling. C/Us of a designer at work on a painting of a skier. Various shots...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1441
Sort Number:
CP 125
Time in/Out:
01:23:04:00 / 01:25:26:00
Canister:
CP 125
Film ID:
61.16
Issue Date:
20/05/1957

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