Fur Coats AKA Fur Coat Remodelling Issue… 1944

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Fur coat remodelling.

Location of events unknown, probably London.

Various shots of three women looking at their old fur coats in despair. M/S of a woman with Mr A. G. Grubert who remodels the coats, they consult and he draws a sketch of a new coat, she tries on a similar model. M/S...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
50603
Sort Number:
NSP 435
Time in/Out:
01:38:37:00 / 01:40:56:00
Canister:
NSP 435
Film ID:
1578.16
Issue Date:
31/07/1944

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