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Brixton, London. M/S of one corner of a small art exhibition at the Royal Empire Society in London. A woman is looking at the paintings whilst referring to a brochure in her hands. Another woman enters the gallery, also holding a brochure and looks at the paintings which are of exotic, oriental landscapes and people. C/U of the back of the second woman as she studies an oil painting of an orange landscape with white robed figures in the foreground. C/U of an oil painting named “Composition with Rickshaws“. C/U of another painting named “Negombo Bridge at Night“. M/S of an artist's studio. On the walls and leaning against the furniture are paintings similar to those in the exhibition. The room is decorated with eastern rugs and throws and there is an oriental mask on the wall. On the floor is a drawing board surrounded by palettes and dishes of paints. The artist, George Beven, from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), enters holding a rush mat which he places onto the drawing board. The narrator reveals that
