SHOWBIZ / ARTS: Celebrities preview the 171st Exhibition at Royal Academy (1939)

BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS) To license this film, visit The opening of the 171st Exhibition at the Royal Academy draws famous guests to Burlington House. Full Description: SLATE INFORMATION: ACADEMY OPENING DRAWS CELEBRITIES ENGLAND: London: Piccadilly: Burlington House: EXT Exterior shot of Burlington House with cars outside INT Interior shot of Burlington House as Miss Hudson touches up mural ’Procession of the Shipwrights’ Close up A. K. Lawrence (Painter and artist) touching up mural Wide shot Lawrence working on painting David Jagger (Portrait painter) standing in gallery smoking cigarette PAN to painting ’Symphony in White’ Close up painting ’Symphony in White’ Close up Dame Laura Knight (Impressionist painter) touching up work Loris Rey (Sculptor) dusting nude statue ’Fountain Head’ Close up ’Fountain Head’ statue PAN to Rey dusting Eric Gill (Artist) in monk-like robes looking at League of Nations Carving Shot of L