Gnome Man (1961)

Littlebeck, North Yorkshire. Various shots of a very picturesque village; a river and waterfall or weir is seen in the valley; a house with carved wooden features over the door; it looks like a valley in Switzerland. Commentator tells us this hamlet is “famous the world over in cultural spheres as a centre of woodcarving and the home of a brilliant craftsman heralded as ’Master of the Gnomes’“; we see a building with a sign above the door reading ’The Gnome Woodcarver - Craftsman in Oak’; M/S of a carved wooden sign next to the building showing gnomes at work. L/S of some buildings next to the river; we pan left to see Thomas Whittaker carving an eagle out of wood. C/U of a carved wooden gnome; various shots of Thomas working on the model. A finished eagle is seen in the background; C/U of detail on this carving. C/U of a Yorkshire Rose carved on the back of a chair. Various shots of Thomas at work on a carved wooden bookend, featuring the head of Chopin. C/U of two wooden gnomes on the work