Title:PREPARATION OF MOULDS AND FIBREGLASS PATTERNS FOR HANDS OF VICTORY ARCHES, 13 DECEMBER 1988 (TAPE 2) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6862-10
Other titles:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Moulds for the production of the Hands of Victory are prepared at Edward Lawrence Studios, Midhurst, Sussex.
Description: Final preparations of the fine details of sculpture by hand. In a workshop is a full-sized mould of the sword hilt; scale models and full size finished item. In the foundry, sand is prepared for the casting, as the interior of the mould is coated. Builder's bag of sand is attached to a winch and moved in place over the mould where it is poured in. Sections of already-completed bronze mouldings are brushed clean as a fire is started under the latest mould. The mouldings are treated using a blowtorch.
Alternative Title:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 6862-10
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1988-12-13
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Lauren Productions (Production company)
Morris Singer (Production sponsor)
Leger, Alex (Production individual)
