Gnome Maker (1961)

Croydon, Surrey. M/S of an orchestra of jolly gnome puppets playing in front of a woodland glade set. C/U of the conductor gnome swaying in time to the music. M/S of two gnomes playing a fiddle and a banjo. C/U of a gnome playing the drums. C/U of the maze of wooden cogs operating the puppets. M/S of gnome model maker, 78 year old John Insull, modelling a clay head - he is the “uncrowned king of probably only 4 super-craftsmen of this type in the world“. M/S of John taking the body of a puppet out