Sea Shells Artist (1958)

Camber, Sussex. Exterior. L/S of an almost deserted, wind swept beach. An elderly man is bending over to pick up shells. He then places them into his wicker basket. The man is Edwin Sutton, a beach warden. Various shots of Mr. Sutton, the basket and shells being picked up from the sand. The narrator comments that this must be surely be “the tidiest stretch of sand in the country - have you ever heard of anyone who carried neatness this far“? Mr. S. eventually fills his basket and walks off. M/S of Mr. S. walking along a country road past a picket fence. Panning shot follows Mr. S. as he walks towards his cottage. On the walls and on slabs of concrete around the cottage are intricate patterns made from seashells. M/S of Mr. S. in his back yard. He places the basket of shells on a rickety old table. He picks up a slab of concrete and begins smearing cement over it. C/U of the roughly shaped slab and Mr. S.'s trowel of cement. Mr. S. picks up the slab and places it on the table. He then choos