| THEATRICAL MINIATURES Model Theatre with Mechanical Scenery Changing | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6786 |
| Catalog #: | 494771 | |
| Clip Number: | 494771-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 265 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Unknown | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | HOBBIES: Doll House / Miniature Buildings | |
| Description: | THEATRICAL MINIATURES Model theatre, built w/ all the mechanical devices used for extending stage, changing scenery etc. Front view of proscenium theatre; curtain rises on painted scenery. MS side view of theatre w/ man standing beside it w/ a screwdriver tightening screws on side; can see wires etc., above stage. MCU diag looking into theatre from side; man's hand is turning crank to raise curtain. Front view: curtain raises revealing theatre - -now extra walls inside the proscenium make it into a much smaller box w/ scene like modern expressionist painting. Curtain lowers again. CU panel sliding forward in floor of stage. CU another board opening; hands move a covering over floor. MCU looking through top of theatre, showing all the wires w/ boards hanging from them; woman is in FG adjusting a wire, man in BG. Woman lets down scenery on wire. MS man and woman stand on either side of theatre (side view); man is turning revolving stage, woman grabs some miniature furniture from stage. Stage continues revolving to show another scene. Back to theatre seen from front w/ curtain up as stage revolves. | |
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