Churchill Glass Painting (1968)

Littlebourne, Kent. Sculptor - painter Bainbridge Copnall is seen walking across his garden with some sheets of coloured glass under his arm; outside a greenhouse he takes a mallet and smashes the glass into small pieces. Various shots of Bainbridge and his assistants at work on sections of a huge mural made mosaic-style from bits of coloured glass; the mural shows Sir Winston Churchill in his Garter robes surrounded by wartime battles. When finished, the mural was to form part of a redevelopment scheme at Dudley in Worcestershire. Bainbridge works on two Churchill faces for the mural. Other parts of the mural show Big Ben; St Paul’s Cathedral in flames during the Blitz. The final shots shows Bainbridge holding a finished head of Churchill against some glass so the light shines through. Note: there is a newspaper cutting and cameraman’s notes on file about Bainbridge. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FAS