Gnome Maker A Quirky Item About A Puppet Maker And His Displays Of Moving Gnomes Footage

GNOME MAKER A quirky item about a puppet maker and his displays of moving gnomes.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	6037
	Catalog #:	502821
	Clip Number:	502821-1
	Orginal Film:	CP 357
	Timecode:	01:08:26 - 01:10:45
	Location:	Croydon, Sussex.
	Year Shot:	1961 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	Yes
	Headings:	ART: Woodworking HOBBIES: Doll or Figurine Making LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Sussex
	Description:	GNOME MAKER A quirky item about a puppet maker and his displays of moving gnomes. Croydon, Sussex. M/S of an orchestra of jolly gnome puppets playing in front of a woodland glade set. C/U of the conductor gnome swaying in time to the music. M/S of two gnomes playing a fiddle and a banjo. C/U of a gnome playing the drums. C/U of the maze of wooden cogs operating the puppets. M/S of gnome model maker, 78 year old John Insull, modelling a clay head - he is the "uncrowned king of probably only 4 super-craftsmen of this type in the world". M/S of John taking the body of a puppet out of its mould, behind him on the wall hang several completed puppets. John then joins the body to a pair of legs and a painted head - "that clay head we saw was merely the first stage. From that a mould was created and the gnome's head made again from paper mache". C/U of John putting a long white beard and pointy yellow hat on the head. John's workshop is "tucked away in a leading Croydon store" (Kennards of Croydon) but his reputations is international. While his is fiddling with the puppet, John presses a button on his work bench which operates a mechanical 'golliwog' jack-in-the-box, tilt down to the cogs turning beneath. John made his name as Hinsle the comedy conjuror but the advent of the talkies set him in a different career direction at the age of 45. He made his own props as a conjuror and so was well prepared for his new vocation. C/U of the jack-in-the-box wiggling his arms and knocking the puppet hand out of John's hands. M/S of gnome puppets in a workshop set operating saw mill. C/U of a happy gnome and a sad gnome working on the saw mill. C/U of a gnome turning a wheel on the mill. M/S of lots of gnomes mucking about in their workshop. M/S of two gnomes, one keeps falling asleep and the other nudges him - the puppets have very realistic facial expressions. M/S of some gnomes - one gnome is waving a stick with a butterfly on the end. C/U of a gnome drilling. C/U of a miserable gnome stirring a pot. C/U of a gnome sweeping the floor, tilt down to show a mouse popping up. C/U of the cheeky mouse waving at the gnome. John has also produced some "individual masterpieces" - he made the original Archie Andrews ventriloquist's dummy.