Kismet Hats 1957

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London.

C/U shot of yellow feathers. Camera tilts down to show eastern style hat "a faithful reproduction of the glamorous head decorations worn by the Wife of Wives in the court of the Caliph of Bagdad / Baghdad." Old gold, satin and velvet turban style hat called "Lalume" has Bird of Paradise...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
1251
Sort Number:
CP 115
Time in/Out:
01:16:46:00 / 01:19:07:00
Canister:
CP 115
Film ID:
59.07
Issue Date:
11/03/1957

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