Progress? (1971)

1971 · Short film · 5 min · dir. Willis Simms

• Documentary

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Synopsis

Sven Elfström (1927-2017) was a full-time manual labourer who started off as a welder at the shipyards in Uddevalla. Eventually he moved to the industrial city of Nynäshamn, south of Stockholm, to work at the manufacturing workshops of the state telecommunications company, Televerket. Elfström began shooting 8mm films at an amateur film club in Uddevalla. When moving to Nynäshamn he acquired a 16mm camera. Most of the eleven films that he made in this format are shot in Nynäshamn; the actors in…

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Details

Director

Willis Simms

Released

1971-01-01

Original title

Utveckling?

Running time

5 minutes

Cast & crew

• WWillis Simms Director

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