Rumanian Embroidery (1967)

Predeal, Rumania. GV. Pan over the snow covered Rumanian town of Predeal, in the Prahova Valley. Various shots of Rumanian embroider Margareta Raftopol at work on her embroidery in a room in her house. Several close up shots of some of the works she has completed. They are copied from the originals by some of the world’s famous paintings - Rubens’ work Child’s Head and Theodore Aman’s work The Gypsy. GV. Panning shot of the interior of Bucharest Art Museum. MS. & CU. Margareta Raftopol in the Art Museum sketching some of the original paintings she hopes to copy in silk. (Lav.) Date found in the old record - 13/04/1967. 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 historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies