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WELL PLASTERED

Well Plastered (1932)

Good footage of woman being given beauty treatment.

FINGER NAILS

Finger Nails (1928)

Demonstration of how to perform a manicure and paint fingernails.

WATCH YOUR STEP

Watch Your Step (1922)

Trick photography is used in a film showing a ballerina dancing in a garden.

QUICK FEET - A

Quick Feet - A "Slow Motion" Contrast (1925)

Old fashioned dancing - Grecian style costumes - some...

EYELASH GADGET

Eyelash Gadget (1938)

A model demonstrates an eyelash curler.

TRAVELLING DOG BEAUTY PARLOUR issue title - ARMS AND CHARMS

Travelling Dog Beauty Parlour Issue Title - Arms And Charms (1939)

Nice story about a mobile...

SCHOOL FOR BEAUTY

School For Beauty (1945)

Footage of young girls being trained at a beauty clutter school.

 

 

WAX BATH

Wax Bath (1952)

Wax bathing parlour for women attempting to lose weight, London.

SLAPPING UP CHARM

Slapping Up Charm (1946)

Women receiving beauty treatment.

HOW TO MAKE UP

How To Make Up (1947)

A work-weary woman is made over at a beauty salon.

WHEN THE HEART IS YOUNG

When The Heart Is Young (1928)

Old fashioned dancing - bare feet and diaphanous dresses, girls float...

THE ROUGH-RIDERS

The Rough-Riders (1923)

Bucking bronco footage - some seen in slow motion.

THE DANCE ACROBATIC

The Dance Acrobatic (1930)

Unidentified couple perform a gymnastic exhibition dance.

SPEED AND SUPPLENESS

Speed And Suppleness (1930)

Tap routine and acrobatics by Rosie Moran - nice leg shots.

FRESH AIR FROLICS

Fresh Air Frolics (1931)

By use of camera techniques the ghostly figure of a woman walks the high wire...

ANOTHER CHANGE

Another Change (1931)

Women working at a petrol station - pumping petrol and cleaning windscreens.

ANALYSING ADAM

Analysing Adam (1922)

Funfair on Hampstead Heath - coconut shy, swing boats etc.

LAUGHING AT THE LAW OF GRAVITY

Laughing At The Law Of Gravity (1933)

Acrobatic dancer performs gravity defying stunts with the help...

WHOA!

Whoa! (1929)

Various camera tricks are used to spice up an aviation film.

FUN IN 1897

Fun In 1897 (1928)

Crazy slapstick film from 1897 updated with 1928 intertitles. Trick photography used...

[A SHORT DANCE]

[a Short Dance] (1929)

Unidentified dancers perform an exhibition dance in a theatrical setting.

DANCING MYSTERIES

Dancing Mysteries (1933)

An eerie couple dance in a picture frame.

FEMININE PICTORIALITIES NO. 11 - THE HURDLER

Feminine Pictorialities No. 11 - The Hurdler (1934)

Olympic hurdler Miss Webb in training at a...

SKI STOPS BY THE WAY!

Ski Stops By The Way! (1935)

Skiers stop for a drink on their way to the slopes, then reverse footage...

THE TOUGHEST MAN WE KNOW!

The Toughest Man We Know! (1936)

Strongman The Great Challard tears a telephone directory in half and...

JUMPS AND BUMPS

Jumps And Bumps (1931)

Short segment showing stunt motorcyclists riding over ramps.

QUEER CARDS

Queer Cards (1932)

Nice item giving a brief history of the playing card.

CRASH !

Crash ! (1932)

Footage of stuntman Harry Lorraine jumping through sheet of glass.

LES GIRLS

Les Girls (1932)

Footage of the famous Folies Bergeres.

MARGARET MORRIS MOVEMENT

Margaret Morris Movement (1938)

Margaret Morris shows girls how to stand and breathe correctly as they...

PAINTED STOCKINGS

Painted Stockings (1940)

Good item showing a girl painting liquid stockings on her legs and drawing...

POPLIN PIE

Poplin Pie (1953)

The latest accessories in striped poplin modelled by chic mannequin Pat Goldsworthy.

NOSE PIERCING

Nose Piercing (1954)

Nose piercing in London - a new beauty spot.

MOBILE BEAUTY SALON FOR LAND GIRLS

Mobile Beauty Salon For Land Girls (1948)

Land girls receive beauty treatment in mobile beauty salon.

GLAMOUR TREATMENT

Glamour Treatment (1950)

Girl receives a head to toe beauty treatment in London's cosmetic salon.

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET PRACTICE

South African Cricket Practice (1920-1929)

Slow motion shots of cricketers practising their game.

SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKET PRACTICE

South African Cricket Practice (1920-1929)

Slow motion shots of cricketers practising their game.

THE LIFE OF JACK HOBBS reel 4 - cuts

The Life Of Jack Hobbs Reel 4 - Cuts (1926)

Biopic about the great cricketer Jack Hobbs.

THE LIFE OF JACK HOBBS reel 4

The Life Of Jack Hobbs Reel 4 (1926)

Biopic about the great cricketer Jack Hobbs.

EGG MASSAGE aka BEAUTY PREPARATIONS

Egg Massage AKA Beauty Preparations (1962)

A look at beauty treatments which involve raw egg on the...

FOR THAT COVETED

For That Coveted "Blue" (1932)

Athletics action from Oxford University trials - good use of slow motion...

AGAINST THE LAW - OF GRAVITY

Against The Law - Of Gravity (1926)

Exhibition dance by Gerardo and Adair - rough and tumble.

A FOX-TROT [2]

A Fox-Trot [2] (1925)

Barbara Miles and Maxwell Stewart demonstrate a fox-trot - some slow motion.

COMPARISONS SOMETIMES DO US GOOD!

Comparisons Sometimes Do Us Good! (1923)

Old and new fashions are contrasted - Isobel Elsom models a...

"Hutching Along" - In Hertfordshire (1921)

Famous motorcyclist Hurricane Hutch performs a few stunts.

GILDING THE LILY

Gilding The Lily (1931)

Miss Molly Lamont gives top tips for facial beauty.

THE SPINNER

The Spinner (1932)

Rover Betts spins ropes and lassos in a field in Edmonton.

THE WORLD'S - HIC - BES' - JOB

The World's - Hic - Bes' - Job (1932)

Australian wine testers taste exhibits at Sydney's Royal Show.

BEAUTIES OF THE BEACH

Beauties Of The Beach (1929)

Bathing belles are seen posing at the beach.

WILL IT COME TO THIS?

Will It Come To This? (1933)

A new airline safety device is tested; men drift down to earth in chairs...