| SEA SHELLS Sea shell importer Millicent Rich shows us some exotic specimens in her Balham flat. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6097 |
| Catalog #: | 503506 | |
| Clip Number: | 503506-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 69 | |
| Timecode: | 01:11:05 - 01:12:59 | |
| Location: | Balham, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATE, MARINE: Misc FASHION: Jewelry, Misc INTERIOR DECORATION: Accessories LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | SEA SHELLS Sea shell importer Millicent Rich shows us some exotic specimens in her Balham flat. Balham, London. M/S of a dining room with simplistic decor and furniture; Millicent Rich enters and places a large sea fan on the sideboard. C/U of the fan as commentator talks of the harvest of the sea bed that is finding a place in contemporary design; Millicent is Europe's only woman importer of shells. We then see Millicent in a living room; she sits on a simple couch and examines a large starfish; several exotic shells are spread out on the table before her. Commentator talks of the shells making a striking contrast to the right-angled shape of modern furniture by Terence Conran - which is presumably what we see here. She picks up a large conch shell and turns it over in her hands, then a huge Spider shell from Africa. M/S of a three Murex shells and an African bust on a sideboard. Millicent walks back into the dining room with a bowl of shells. She places a Green Ear shell, a Baby Giant Clam and a Scorpion Shell on the table; then picks up various other exotic shells from the bowl and turns them over in her hands. Picking up a small shell with a green centre, she places it on her finger to show it could be made into a ring. M/S of Millicent shows she is wearing some shells as earrings; C/U of these Episcopal Mitre shells. C/U of the bowl of shells. | |
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