Grease Paint and Girders: The Story of a Great Achievement

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Summary

Record of the construction of a new stage house for the Hall Green Little Theatre by members of the theatre.

Year:

1950

Duration:

0:46:20

Film type:

Black & White / Silent

Genre:

Documentary

Master format:

Betacam SP

Description

INTERTITLES:
"The Hall Green Little Theatre Presents 'Greasepaint and Girders', the story of a great achievement."
"Part One - 1950 - The Theatre is born"
"The site March 1950"
g/v's derelict wasteland
g/v's team of warkers clearing site
INTERTITLE:
"Trench digging with a vengence"
INTERTILE:
"Our shed"
g/v's shack constructed from corrugated metal sheets
g/v sign on shed: "Mr Cricket's Villa"
INTERTITLE:
"Bricklaying Commences"
g/v's laying bricks
INTERTITLES:
"The Damp Proof Course"
"Bricklaying starts above ground level"
"A little later"
g/v wall at waist height, people still laying bricks
INTERTITLE:
"The cellar roof"
g/v's making and laying concrete floor
INTERTITLE:
"'Growing Up' Scaffolding in use"
g/v's men and women brick laying, wooden scaffolding in shot
INTERTITLE
"The steel joists"
g/v's unloading, lifting and positioning joists
g/v's bricks being lifted and laid
INTERTITLE
"The steel roof trusses"
g/v's trusses being lifted from truck into position
INTERTITLE
"At last the roof is on"
g/v interior of unfinished theatre
g/v's roof from int and ext
g/v's plastering and painting
g/v's tea break
g/v people on a wall waving
g/v wooden floor being laid
g/v man laying floor hit thumb with mallet
g/v int of theatre
g/v sign: "Hall Green Little Theatre, New Stage House, built by the members. New audience members welcome"
g/v's ext complete building


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