TRADE TATTOO

Rights Information
Year
1937
Reference
F1739
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1937
Reference
F1739
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
United Kingdom
Categories
Short
Duration
0:05:28
Production company
GPO Film Unit
Credits
Director: Len Lye
Producer: John Grierson
Music: The Leucuona Band
Sound Mixer: Jack Elitt

The film conveys the energy and rhythm of trade. The original black & white footage consisted of offcuts from GPO Film Unit documentaries, which Lye transformed by colour processing methods similar to those used in Rainbow Dance. He also added animated words and patterns.

First projected September 1937.