The Buffer Belt - A Paris Novelty 1925

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Intertitle reads: "Every day in every way Continental dances get closer and closer, so the Paris Eves have just started "Buffer States" of their own".

A woman ties a strange looking contraption around her waist. It has sticky-out prongs and it tied at the back by a ribbon. A C/U of the belt...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
14680
Sort Number:
EP 055
Time in/Out:
01:23:26:00 / 01:24:10:00
Canister:
EP 055
Film ID:
852.13
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