Sand Artist

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
504
Date Released
23 Aug 1964
Date recorded
24 Jul 1964
Length of issue (in feet)
759
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
Pathe synopsis: Fred Darrington has been coming to Weymouth since 1927 and settling down to work every weekend on a few square yards of rented beach. It’s almost a world apart, this little enclosure where Fred spends many patient hours coaxing sand into masterpieces like the famous Michaelangelo work we see him doing. Beautiful they are, and made only with sand and water.
Keywords
Arts and crafts
Locations
England; Weymouth; Suffolk
Written sources
Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis
Credits:
Commentator
Richard Norton
Length of story (in feet)
181
Story extras:
Film clip

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Notes
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'Sand Artist', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 504, 23 Aug 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121550 (Accessed 18 Jun 2025)