Coal Hole Rubber (1965)

London. Page Phillips, an antiques dealer, discovered that coal hole covers could be rubbed, just like brass rubbings. M/S of a man at night with his paper and rubbing equipment. He kneels on a pavement and starts rubbing to get a print. In the day, we see Page taping cartridge paper over a coal hole cover in the pavement, and making his rubbing. In his shop we see various prints, and a woman buying one which has been made into a table mat. Note: see CP 542 Cuts on *PM0323* for out takes. 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 Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as