Title:CASTING OF THE BASE OF THE HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT AT CHARLES HENSHAW, EDINBURGH (TAPE 4) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:MGH 6862-21
Other titles:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Sections for use in the bases of the Hands of Victory are cast at Henshaw's foundry.
Description: Top section of metal mould frame is lifted off a lower section; some of the sand collapses. Mould is hit with a sledgehammer.
Inside the test tent in the yard at Henshaws, the assembled sections are inspected. Close-up of the joints and the base of the hand. Interview with supervisor at Henshaws (who has worked with Philip Jackson previously), discussing the casting of the statue's base.
Alternative Title:PRODUCTION OF HANDS OF VICTORY MONUMENT IN BAGHDAD FOR SADDAM HUSSEIN [Allocated Series Title]
Colour:Colour
Digitised:
Object_Number:MGH 6862-21
Sound:Sound
Access Conditions:NON-IWM
Featured Period:
Production Date:1989-03-16
Production Country: GB
Production Details: Lauren Productions (Production company)
Morris Singer (Production sponsor)
Leger, Alex (Production individual)
