Titles read: "For Daughters in search of the Sun!".
Location of events unknown - probably London, Pathe studio.
Various shots of girls modelling the latest styles of shorts, jackets and trousers for holidays "on your next cruise or seaside promenade". They walk about on a set with...
Titles read: "For Daughters in search of the Sun!".
Location of events unknown - probably London, Pathe studio.
Various shots of girls modelling the latest styles of shorts, jackets and trousers for holidays "on your next cruise or seaside promenade". They walk about on a set with a painted backdrop of holidaymakers on board a cruise ship, and lean over a railing in the foreground, as if looking out to sea.
The clothes are quite smart - good examples of the nautical-inspired leisure clothes of the day. Commentator draws our attention to a pair of shorts, pleated to look like a skirt. When the model goes down on one knee to pick up a quoit, commentator says "Now you can see the advantage of the divided shorts"!
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