| Film ID |
ACE002 |
| Article |
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| Title |
Black on White. A review of some British cartoons and caricatures of the last 200 years |
| Series |
British Art and Artists |
| Part |
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| Date |
1954 |
| Director |
John Read |
| Production Company |
BBC Television |
| Synopsis |
Political caricature in Britain, featuring the work of WIlliam Hogarth (1697-1764), James Gillray (1757-1815), George Cruikshank (1792-1878), Australian-born Will Dyson (1880-1938), New Zealander, David Low (1891-1963), and others. |
| Minutes |
30 min |
| Choreographer |
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| Full synopsis |
ACE002.2 10:00:00 10:11:29 Newspaper presses, news vendors and buyers, newspaper cartoons. David Low at work (on London rooftop) on drawing of Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee. Self portrait (The Painter and the Pug: Gulielmus Hogarth (1745)) by Wil |
| Full credits |
THE B.B.C TELEVISION SERVICE
in association with
THE ARTS COUNCIL OF GREAT BRITAIN
and
THE EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION AND RADIO CENTER OF THE UNITED STATES.
Script Reg Groves;
With advice from Low;
Spoken by Alistair Cooke;
Camera Edward Lloyd;
Special Photography Studio Film Laboratories Ltd.;
Cartoons supplied by Ben Weinreb;
Editing and Sound Effects Eric Wood;
Score Devised by William Alwyn;
Directed by John Read. |
