| G.P.O. ART Artworks commissioned by the Post Office for posters or telegrams are featured. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6108 |
| Catalog #: | 503597 | |
| Clip Number: | 503597-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 240 | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:45 - 01:31:54 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ART: Exhibitions ART: Painting LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | G.P.O. ART Artworks commissioned by the Post Office for posters or telegrams are featured. Camera pans across a painting by F.B. Savage of the H.M.T.S. Monarch. This is one of a collection of paintings to be found - not in an art gallery - but at the headquarters of the G.P.O. (General Post Office) in London. Various paintings are shown and one artist is mentioned by name - John Minton. The artworks were all commissioned for a series of posters designed to make people place conscious and induce them to address their correspondence correctly. Shots of various paintings including one of a postman. L/S of a glamorous woman sitting at a desk surrounded with artwork, a male colleague talks to her about her work. She is Shirley Thompson - a design artist. F.B. Savage, the head of the art department looks at her work which is a design for a wedding congratulations telegram. Various designs for greetings telegrams are shown including a Valentine's Day telegram and a baby greetings telegram. In the case of poster specific artists are commissioned. Various shots of paintings by Roland Hilder and Richard Eurich which have been used for posters. L/S of some of the finished posters. | |
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