Title:CASTING OF SECTIONS OF THE HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT AT MORRIS SINGER FOUNDRY, BASINGSTOKE (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6862-13
Other titles:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Sections of the hand for the first of the four Hands of Victory are cast in bronze at the foundry.
Description: Sections of the mould taken from the fibreglass patterns are placed in a large metal casting frame. Sand (some of it fused together by the casting process) is cleared away. Bronze is heated in a giant metal cauldron. The mould is sealed after being assembled, and final adjustments are made by craftsmen. Further shots of cauldron. Completed cast of a section is removed from frame. The rear of the section has metal struts for the assembly, and is encrusted with sand, solidified by the casting process; this is removed using a pneumatic drill.
Alternative Title:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 6862-13
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1989-02-22
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Lauren Productions (Production company)
Morris Singer (Production sponsor)
Leger, Alex (Production individual)
