Ernest Thesiger - Expert Embroiderer (1944)

Actor Ernest Thesiger who often plays murderers and madmen is also an expert embroiderer. Lots of good C/Us of Ernest and his craftwork. He has even written books on the subject of embroidery and we see him looking at one of his books in C/U. Another hobby is making pictures from paper (decoupage?) and we see some of these. Ernest shows the camera an ornate beaded creation and an embroidered chair. Lastly a paper model of Queen Elizabeth the I made by Ernest is shown to the camera. Unable to read name of cameraman on title. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and