An impressionistic survey of the arts in Britain ranging from sculptors and painters at work to a display of Mary Quant fashions and vistas of modern architecture. The theatre is represented by excerpts from three plays staged by the Royal Shakespeare Company and there is a sequence from a new ballet by Sir Frederick Ashton. Some of the work of Henry Moore is seen as well as paintings by Francis Bacon. Includes a brief appearance by a very young Googie Withers.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
015465
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Fashion
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Culture
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Great Britain - Social life and customs
Crafts & Visual Arts → Architecture - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts, European
Crafts & Visual Arts → Bacon, Francis, 1909-
Crafts & Visual Arts → Culture
Crafts & Visual Arts → Fashion
Crafts & Visual Arts → Moore, Henry, 1898-1986
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painters - Great Britain
Crafts & Visual Arts → Sculptors - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Culture
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Fashion
Music & Performing Arts → Ballets - Excerpts
Music & Performing Arts → Culture
Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts
Music & Performing Arts → Theater
People → Bacon, Francis, 1909-
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)