Hair Raising! 1939

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Titles read: "HAIR RAISING!"

Location of events unknown - probably London.

Various shots of hairdresser Monsieur Jules creating a hairdo on a blonde girl, influenced by the hairstyles of the Chinese Ming Dynasty. C/U of a beautiful Chinese girl with her hair taken up at the sides and...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40947
Sort Number:
PT 480
Time in/Out:
01:34:13:00 / 01:35:57:00
Canister:
PT 480
Film ID:
1188.19
Issue Date:
05/06/1939

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0:010:020:030:04

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