Women Of Fashion Reel 2 1950-1959

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WOMEN OF FASHION (Reel 2)

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Archive footage of the history of women's fashion, starting with two women wearing the early fashions after the first world war. A women in a fabulous black ensemble uses her umbrella as a walking support because the bottom of her dress is so tight....

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Cataloguer:
Virginia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
90569
Sort Number:
DOCS
Time in/Out:
01:44:10:00 / 01:49:48:00
Canister:
DOCS
Film ID:
3243.13
Issue Date:
1950 - 1959

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