Selection This Day Aka Royal Academy Choose Pictures For Exhibition (1962)

Title reads: “Selection This Day“. London. Royal Academy choose picture for exhibition. Exterior. Various shots Royal Academy. C/U sign reading: “Royal Academy - all exhibition works delivered here“. Various shots artists delivering their paintings to the door for Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Interior. Various shots mass of paintings piled against the wall. In the selection room, porters show paintings to the selection panel. President of panel, Sir Charles Wheeler, waves his hand to reject one of the paintings. C/U Sir Charles pan to Henry Rushbury R.A. and James Gunn R.A. (members of the selection committee). C/U porter holding a portrait up, Sir Charles holds up a cross to reject the painting. The painting is passed along the line of porters and another is shown to the selectors. C/U Sir Charles lifting the letter “D“ (indicating painting may be accepted). The painting is handed to another porter to be kept separate from the rest. More shots entries into Summer Exhibition being vie