Postage Helps Painter

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1849A
Date Released
12 Nov 1964
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Postage Helps Painter. DESCRIPTION: Signor Albergamo of Rome uses old postage stamps to create reproductions of famous works of art. The reproductions are works of art in themselves - each one a mosaic of tiny scraps of paper, every colour carefully matched to the original. It takes around three months, and many thousands of stamps to complete a picture. SHOTLIST: CU Guiseppe Albergamo inspecting stamps. MS same cutting stamps. CU same. CU of him sticking stamps onto picture. CU of Guiseppe. CU picture. MS picture being hung. CUs picture of late Pope John and picture of vase of flowers. Other CUs of the composition of picture and one of a wooden head.
Keywords
Arts and crafts
Locations
Italy; Rome
Footage sources
France
Card file number
89015
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
75
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Postage Helps Painter', British Movietone News Issue No. 1849A, 12 Nov 1964. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25749 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)