The Forest (1937)

Full title reads: The Forest. Harvard Museum, Boston, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America (USA). Various shots of woodland. A man s hand comes into shot and we realise this realistic forest is in fact a miniature model Inside model making workshop. Various shots of two men placing tiny trees into set of miniature forest. Various C, Us of man making tree model with individual branches of copper wire. The man dips the branches into molten solder. Various C, Us of assembling branches into tree, the branches and trunks are painted to look like white birch. Extreme C, U of tiny copper needles for evergreen models. The needles are soldered onto wire in bunches. C, U of needle branches being twisted, by hand, into a tree shape. Extreme C, U of tree trunk, a man is using a stamp to create bark affect in wet paint. More shots of model forest looks very convincing. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF