Summary

The artist Dame Laura Knight and her model Ruby Loftus are accompanied by Director-General of Royal Ordnance Factories Sir Charles McLaren on a visit to the Royal Academy Summer exhibition in 1943 to see Knight's portrait of munitions worker Ruby Loftus operating a lathe. This clip is a newsreel segment from Warwork News No 22 for the Ministry of Supply.

Source Bridgeman Images
Footage Number 7407948
Title DAME LAURA KNIGHT AND RUBY LOFTUS VISIT RA SUMMER EXHIBITION, 1943 (35MM)
Description The artist Dame Laura Knight and her model Ruby Loftus are accompanied by Director-General of Royal Ordnance Factories Sir Charles McLaren on a visit to the Royal Academy Summer exhibition in 1943 to see Knight's portrait of munitions worker Ruby Loftus operating a lathe. This clip is a newsreel segment from Warwork News No 22 for the Ministry of Supply.
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