Lightning Fashions 1922

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No title. c 1922

Woman in a boudoir setting (bearskin rug on the floor) is helped on to a box by a man in tails. The woman stands on the box in her underwear and puts her hands above her head. The man bows. He pulls out a large swathe of fabric and proceeds to wrap the woman in it - creating...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14798
Sort Number:
EP 072
Time in/Out:
01:15:27:00 / 01:19:30:00
Canister:
EP 072
Film ID:
862.09
Issue Date:
1922

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