Art Class (1954)

Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Various shots of middle-aged and elderly women (and a few men) in the afternoon art class for adult beginners at Southend’s Municipal College. They all sit at easels and work on a still life set-up of bowls, wooden spoons and a crab. Nice shots of artists at work. Commentary is a bit patronising - “Down with shopping bags and up with easels is their motto!“. Note: correspondence and news cutting on file. FILM ID:1339.3 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 Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage