| TEDDY BEAR MAN Mr C E Palmer shows us how he makes cement teddy bears to add to his collection - most peculiar! | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6032 |
| Catalog #: | 502757 | |
| Clip Number: | 502757-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 322 | |
| Timecode: | 01:13:10 - 01:14:34 | |
| Location: | Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | ART: Sculpture HOBBIES: Crafts, Misc LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Wiltshire | |
| Description: | TEDDY BEAR MAN Mr C E Palmer shows us how he makes cement teddy bears to add to his collection - most peculiar! Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire. M/S of 77-year old Mr C E Palmer in his garden, shovelling cement from a wheelbarrow onto a mould set up on a wide bench; further along the bench are five cement teddy bears. C/Us of him pressing the cement into the mould and patting it into the bear shape; Mr Palmer looks quite smart in a brown felt hat and green apron. He takes two bear eyes from a glass and puts them in place on the bear's head. Mr Palmer moves to the right of his work area and picks up a hardened concrete teddy bear that he'd prepared earlier, shaking off any loose dirt. He takes this bear to an old tin bath, where it is given a brush over with a cream coloured wash. He then takes it to join many other cement bears he has made that are displayed in a rockery in his gardens. Most are just in sitting positions, but some are standing, some are dancing, and a few others are reading from books. C/Us of some of the bears (Mr Palmer has made sixty in total); one seems to be saluting or scratching his head, another wears a mortar board and holds a small cane. This is apparently a school for teddy bears; the final L/S of the group has a cement sign before it reading 'Teddy Bears School Days'. What a bizarre (and mildly disturbing) film! The bears look quite comical; no wonder Mr P refused to sell them to anyone! | |
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