Title:CONSTRUCTION OF MAQUETTES FOR IRAQI HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6862-2
Other titles:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Work progresses on maquettes (full scale and part scale) for the "Hands of Victory" sculpture in the sculptor's workshop. (No sound.)
Description: Close-ups of fingertips. Wider shots of the workshop show two sculptors working on a smaller scale maquette of the full hand, also made of expanded polystyrene. The sculptors slice this maquette into sections using an electrically-heated wire. The individual slices are then laid on the floor and numbered for future reference. Small maquette of the hand holding the sword handle (actual size; presumably the original casting of Saddam's hand) is held in a crate carried by David Vallance and Philip Jackson. This crate is carried up a spiral staircase (several takes). It is taken into an office where it is opened; the two sections of the maquette (hand and replica of the base) are removed and fitted together, and the maquette is placed on a table. This shows the hand "bursting" out of the ground. The two men inspect the maquette.
Alternative Title:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 6862-2
Sound:Silent
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1988-09
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Lauren Productions (Production company)
Morris Singer (Production sponsor)
Leger, Alex (Production individual)
