Henry Moore's Harlow Family Group

The sponsorship of public art became a central task of postwar organisations such as the new town development corporations and the Arts Council. Harlow's chief architect and planner, Frederick Gibberd, was successful in encouraging lots of leading artists to contribute work to the town, none more famous than Henry Moore. His Harlow Family Group was unveiled by Kenneth Clark in May 1956. Apparently rumours had spread that it was an obscene form, and protesters had turned up to the ceremony, only to be disappointed. This excellent silent British Movietone newsreel footage captures the new town and the unveiling.