The Long And Short Skirt AKA The Long Or… 1922

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Ascot, Berkshire.

Full titles read: "The LONG or SHORT SKIRT! - Our contribution to this much vexed question is just to show the ladies how they looked at Ascot in 1914!"

L/S'S crowds of people at Ascot race course. We see the latest fashions in 1914. Woman are wearing very long dresses...

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Cataloguer:
Howard
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
23435
Sort Number:
G 0874
Time in/Out:
01:03:39:00 / 01:04:28:00
Canister:
G 874
Film ID:
266.04
Issue Date:
08/05/1922

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