Pollock Painting Sold For Two Million Dollars

How to cite this film

‘US Pollock Sold’, [newsfilm, online], 24 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z032141 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)

Technical Info

Format / Codec: Flash / VP6
Source Format / Codec: MOV
Video Bitrate: 800 kbps
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Frame Size: 640 x 480
Pixels Cropped At Encoding: Top: 0, Bottom: 0, Left: 90, Right: 90
Reason For Crop: Removal of video noise
Other Edits: Video was trimmed of first 7 seconds to remove AP title card

Slug

US Pollock Sold

Date

24 Sep 1973

Dateline

New York

Script

A Jackson Pollock piece has been sold for two million dollars. The former owner explains why it is worth so much money.

Shotlist

1. SOUNDBITE (English): ms of the buyer of the Jackson Pollock artwork explaining how the piece was made
2. vs of the piece

Film status

Syndicated

Processing date

24 Sep 1973

Processing location

London

Original film

Colour Positive

Original sound

Optical Sound On Film

Duration

00:01:24:23

Sources

AP Television

NoS ID

z032141

How to cite this record

'Pollock Painting Sold For Two Million Dollars', 24 Sep 1973. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/upitn/search/index.php/story/z032141 (Accessed 08 Feb 2025)

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