Hairdressing School 1950

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Hairdressing school.

Near Piccadilly, London.

The camera pans across women under big hairdryers. L/S interior of the hairdressing school run by Alfred Morris where women can go for hairstyles at a reduced cost as trainees practise on them. Various shots including good C/U's as they...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
43209
Sort Number:
NP 312
Time in/Out:
01:08:17:00 / 01:10:11:00
Canister:
NP 312
Film ID:
1303.05
Issue Date:
04/09/1950

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