Editing Orson Welles (section)

=== Television projects ===

In 1955, Welles directed two television series for the BBC. The first was ''[[Orson Welles' Sketch Book]]'', six 15-minute shows featuring Welles drawing in a sketchbook to illustrate his reminiscences including the filming of ''It's All True'' and the Isaac Woodard case. The second was ''[[Around the World with Orson Welles]]'', six travelogues set in locations around Europe (such as [[Vienna]], the [[Basque Country (historical territory)|Basque Country]], and England). Welles served as host and interviewer, his commentary including documentary facts and his observations (a technique he would continue to explore in later works).

During Episode 3 of ''Sketchbook'', Welles attacks abuse of police powers around the world. The episode starts with him telling the story of [[Isaac Woodard]], an African-American veteran during World War II being falsely accused by a bus driver of being drunk and disorderly, who has a policeman remove the man from the bus. Woodard is not arrested right away, but beaten unconscious nearly to death and permanently blinded. Welles assures the audience that he saw to it that justice was served to the policeman though he does not mention what justice was delivered. Welles goes on to give other examples of police being given more power and authority than is necessary. The episode is titled "The Police".

In 1956, Welles completed ''[[Portrait of Gina]]''. He left the only copy of it in his room at the [[Hôtel Ritz Paris|Hôtel Ritz]] in Paris. The film cans would remain in a lost-and-found locker at the hotel for decades, where they were discovered in 1986, after his death.