First Complexion 1926

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Description

Full title reads: "First complexion competition and the judges made sure there was no artificial aid!"

Folkestone, Kent.

M/S of row of young women on the sea front. Two men walk down row inspecting women's' faces. C/U of a man wiping the face of a girl with a clothe. He inspects clothe...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
26054
Sort Number:
G 1321
Time in/Out:
01:34:22:00 / 01:35:04:00
Canister:
G 1321
Film ID:
544.11
Issue Date:
19/08/1926

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