High Heels 1956

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Norwich, Norfolk.

M/S workroom where three women artists are painting high heels with pretty pictures. One paints a Kingfisher on a white heel. Another paints a Chinese design on a blue heel. Various shots of the women at work. Joe Brett has come up with this new idea to give shoes an exclusive...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3146
Sort Number:
CP 081
Time in/Out:
01:05:46:00 / 01:07:58:00
Canister:
CP 081
Film ID:
207.04
Issue Date:
16/07/1956

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  • This idea could be used again. There are no longer any shoe factories in Norwich, so the painting would probably take place elsewhere.
    Joanna Brett later had a career in the film and television industry, working in London and New York, and not least in Norwich on "Tales of the Unexpected".
    Joanna now works as an artist and has exhibitions in Norfolk and Suffolk.

    Inspirator 25th Feb 2013

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