Title:CASTING OF SECTIONS OF THE HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT AT MORRIS SINGER FOUNDRY, BASINGSTOKE (TAPE 5) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6862-17
Other titles:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Further castings are made in the Morris Singer foundry.
Description: David Vallance discusses the eight "waves" at the base of the statues. In the yard, sections of casting are moved on a trolley. Close-ups of various parts. Inside, a mould is lined with polystyrene. Welding is carried out on a large section of the hand, and two of the fingertips are also worked on. Flags, cast in bronze, are painted.
Alternative Title:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:No
Object_Number:MGH 6862-17
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)
