France Looks At Topless Dress Craze 1964

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France.

CU. Pages of French newspaper and articles with cartoons about the topless swimming suits. MS. Venus de Milo statue. Various shots of historic paintings showing mainly women with bare breasts. MS. Flashback to 1920's, woman in old fashioned bathing costume runs out of sea. Various...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
79718
Sort Number:
UN 3908 D
Time in/Out:
01:48:23:00 / 01:49:48:00
Canister:
UN 3908 D
Film ID:
2687.24
Issue Date:
1964

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