Polystyrene
Series
- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 3
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: ...like polystyrene, the new feather-weight material for sculpture and shop window displays. We see sculptors at work on this tough, granulated substance that expands to sixty times its original volume in manufacture. Paint makes it look like marble or metal, yet a girl can carry off a ten foot bust with one hand. And we watch swimmers at Clacton assemble a giant jig-saw puzzle made of it, the pieces of which float in the swimming pool.
- Keywords
- Industry and manufacture
- Locations
- London; England; Essex; Clacton-on-Sea
- Written sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Richard Norton
- Length of story (in feet)
- 182
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How to cite this record
'Polystyrene', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 526, 21 Jan 1965. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121605 (Accessed 24 Jul 2025)