News on Screen

Series

Series Name

Astra Gazette

Issue

Issue No.

4

Stories in this Issue:

• 1. Shepherd paintings
• 2. Penang leave centre
• 3. Biggin Hill
• 4. Cement mermaids

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Summary

Pathe’s Database Entry for this item: "Date : 8/15/55 CEMENT MERMAIDS (Weybridge) CU Camera pans up tails of cement mermaids. LS Bernard Jepson working on mermaid. CU of the artist about to paint the lips of the mermaid. MS Anna Newbury modelling for Mr Jepson. MS Artist holding palette brush. CU Artist painting mermaid’s lips. LS Spanish patio showing Spanish cement models. MS CU Spanish girls. CU Spanish cement model, camera pans down to frills on her dress. LS Japanese garden. Small boy and girl come into picture and walk onto small bridge. MS Two children on bridge. Camera pans down from bridge to Japanese cement model of girl. MS Small boy and child walking into pictures and going up to Japanese lady, the boy examines her cement fan carefully. MS Boy and girl leaving the Japanese lady. CU Mermaid in water with fountains spraying by her side. Two ducks are drinking from the water (the ducks are real ones). LS Gaston Byl mowing lawn. MS Gaston stopping mowing lawn and wipe brow with handkerchief. LS CU Nude cement model. LS Gaston watering flowers on left, stand another cement model. CU Cement model in cowboy attire. BCU Model’s face. LS MS Mermaids by river bank. In background can be seen a yacht passing by. (Eastman Neg.)"

Keywords

Arts and crafts

Footage sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial   Issue No.33

Length of story (in feet)

194

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Pathe Ltd

Email

info@britishpathe.com

Web

https://www.britishpathe.com/

Phone

0207 665 8340

Address

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Notes

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