Dressmaking Models 1948

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London.

Various shots of Beatrice O'Connor sticking gummed paper all over the curvaceous body of her friend, Veronica Barry. Veronica is wearing a tubular body stocking. When the body and neck are all covered, Beatrice cuts through the back of the cast and frees Veronica. The two women admire...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
34092
Sort Number:
NP 178
Time in/Out:
01:18:36:00 / 01:19:55:00
Canister:
NP 178
Film ID:
1247.11
Issue Date:
09/02/1948

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