Beauty In Plastic 1945

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Description

Various shots of fashion show with girls modelling raincoats made of plastic with handbags and shoes to match. Good close up shot of face of model smiling.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45227
Sort Number:
NP 064
Time in/Out:
01:49:21:00 / 01:50:05:00
Canister:
NP 64
Film ID:
1382.18
Issue Date:
03/12/1945

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  • Who is the designer of these clothes?

    JasonC 25th Jan 2012
  • what a lovely lady in lovely mackintoshes odd to think she is an old lady now.

    mackintoshwearer 26th Jan 2012

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