Marionette Theatre (1964)

Islington, London.



M/S of children running to the entrance of the Little Angel Theatre.



M/S of a man and a woman working in the puppet making workshop. Various C/Us of the woman painting features onto a wooden marionette. Various shots of the man (possibly founder John Wright) chiselling the wooden puppet limbs, part of an African puppet. C/U of a genie marionette. The man and woman walk past a row of marionettes.



C/U of an Eastern warrior marionette, pan to children streaming into the theatre. M/S of the man and woman taking their puppeteering positions on a gallery above the stage. The curtain rises, various shots of an exotic Eastern dancer puppet. Various shots of children in the audience. M/S of the curtain rising, taken from the stage. We see the back of a puppet sitting on the bed and children in the audience. The puppet gets up and pulls the blind on a window. Low angle shot of the puppeteers at work. The puppet sits on a collapsing bed. More shots of the puppeteers. Various shots of black and white puppets with faces on both sides of their heads. More shots of children in the audience.



Cuts exist - please see separate record.
FILM ID:281.11

A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/

FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/

British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/