Paper Artist Issue Title Is Lucky Dip (1941)

Part of LUCKY DIP issue. Dunstable, Bedfordshire *. C/U of ARP (Air Raid Precautions) warden Edwin Aldous. Mr Aldous is an artist who as sees the world upside down, like a camera lens. Various shots of Mr A doing a portrait of an ARP warden by cutting out pieces of paper. The paper is upside down, with the warden’s chin at the top of the paper. Various shots of Mr A cutting paper and making caricature of Hitler being squashed by a gigantic ’V’. * location is assumed to be same as those in other Mr Aldous stories (see note below). Note: Mr A features is several other NSPs: in 1939 in item titled UPSIDE DOWN ARTIST (film id ) and in 1937 in UPSIDE DOWN PAINTING (see ). AH 2001. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters histo
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