Mad Hatters 1948

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Cowpuncher hat fashions at Piccadilly Circus, London.

Various shots of customer trying on different types of Stetson hats in smart menswear shop. The cowboy hats all look a bit silly. L/S man wearing white ten-gallon-hat walking across Piccadilly Circus, other pedestrians give him funny looks....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
44834
Sort Number:
NP 220
Time in/Out:
01:12:53:00 / 01:13:51:00
Canister:
NP 220
Film ID:
1369.10
Issue Date:
29/11/1948

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Fashionable London (London)

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