• Short Summary

    Good item with Norman Petts, cartoonist responsible for "Jane", drawing and talking.

  • Description

    NORMAN PETTS CARTOONIST "JANE" .

    Location of events unknown.

    C/U of Petts drawing at his desk, he is interviewed about his cartoon strip 'Jane' that appears in the Daily Mirror and he says the inspiration came from his wife and her dachshund dog. It shows him drawing the comic strip. He talks about the fan mail he gets from servicemen asking for sketches of her. M/S soldier cutting out the comic strip. His wife models for him whilst he sketches her. He shows the finished sketches to the dachshund, C/U of the finished comic strip.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1568.22
    Media URN:
    50341
    Group:
    New sound pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    25/10/1943
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:34:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:40:15:00 / 01:42:49:00
    Canister:
    NSP 395

Comments (1)

  1. Unknown user says

    "Norman Petts" should read Norman Pett. (Needs changing twice in body text, and once in tags).

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