Women's League Of Health And Beauty 1920-1939

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Women's League of Health and Beauty - late 1920s or 1930s.

Location of events unknown.

Adult women in sheer Grecian style tunics, a la Isadora Duncan, cavorting about in a park or garden. They start by doing a dance in a circle around a small bush; ending in them holding hands overhead...

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Cataloguer:
Cheri
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
76841
Sort Number:
ON 357 C
Time in/Out:
01:54:36:00 / 01:59:25:00
Canister:
ON 357 C
Film ID:
2432.09
Issue Date:
1920 - 1939

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