Space Age Hair Fashions 1962

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Description

Wokingham, Berkshire

Pathe visits the hairdressers in Wokingham, an establishment owned by Alec Pountney. Daphne Cave, stands outside the hairdressers and finally goes in. The staff are wearing glittery space age costumes. There are various shots of women with their hair dyed pink, put in...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Margaret
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
3059
Sort Number:
CP 405
Time in/Out:
01:22:52:00 / 01:25:07:00
Canister:
CP 405
Film ID:
195.08
Issue Date:
01/10/1962

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  • "Same Leonard Pountney is filmed in a few other fantastic Colour Pictorial films. Bizarre as much as entertaining they are all highly recommended - CP 89, CP 279, CP 473 & CP 728. He also briefly appears in CP 250" - these numbers equate to clips 53.18, 467.09, 257.05, 103.33 and 63.17.

    jamied 1st Jun 2012

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