Model Village Beware - Other Colour Pics Share This Title (1963)

Polegate, Sussex. Fred Slaymaker has made a miniature village using cement and scrap. Various shots of a model village. A broom comes into shot, sweeping the streets - highlighting the smallness of the models. M/S of Fred sweeping. Fred is seen working on the ramparts on a model castle. Various shots of a miniature fairground. C/U of a carousel with a “breadboard base“. A little girl is seen turning a handle that makes the fairground move. Panning shot of people looking at the village. Fred is seen clipping the miniature trees. Various shots of a little girl wandering around the village. According to the paperwork, Fred’s village appeared in a black and white Pathe Pictorial, no. 354 released on 25/06/1951. Colour Pictorial - CP 388 - also features a story about a model village (which explains the weary tone of the narration - “Oh dear, oh dear - a model village“). Cuts exist - please see separate record. FILM ID:233.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHA