| IDEAL HOME EXHIBITION Exhibition Unprepared to Open | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5038 |
| Catalog #: | 365145 | |
| Clip Number: | 365145-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 69/22 | |
| Timecode: | 01:04:23 - 01:05:09 | |
| Location: | Olympia, London | |
| Year Shot: | 1969 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXHIBITIONS: Home / Domestic LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | IDEAL HOME EXHIBITION aka STRIKE DELAYS OPENING OF IDEAL HOME EXHIBITION 1969 People rush to get Ideal Home Exhibition finished after strikes delay work. Strike delays over pay conditions opening of Ideal Home Exhibition. Ideal Home Exhibition unready for preview opening because of union trouble the work is incomplete whole place is chaos. Olympia, London. General views of exhibition hall at Ideal Home Exhibition showing the fountain with unicorns and people standing around amid rubbish on the ground. People standing around in foreground is a pile of trash. Girls in ethnic costumes with vests and skirts walk by an even bigger pile of stuff. There is garbage and half-finished stands everywhere. Shots of men working to get the exhibition ready for opening. GV Man working up ladder. Shot of another huge mess of boxes, paper, etc. GV Man getting stand ready. Stall with empty tables. GV Other stands being finished off. Pile of rubbish in foreground. Pan to man sweeping up with broom. CU strips of fabric with bells on end moving on floor. Pan up to woman walking away wearing this as a costume. A woman in an ornate and exotic costume walks past camera and turns around. Pan up to show girl walking away from camera in weird costume. Girl turns round to face camera. LV Olympia showing decorations hanging from room. Pan down to show the exhibition. L/S of main hall with people wandering about, and the place still not finished. | |
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