AIR RAID BOOTIES designer Miss Ashfield making protective rubber boots.
	Tape Master:	7043
	Catalog #:	509990
	Clip Number:	509990-1
	Orginal Film:	NSP 241
	Timecode:	01:22:20 - 01:23:56
	Location:	England
	Year Shot:	1940 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	DOMESTIC LIFE: Sewing & Mending FASHION: Shoes & Boots LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: Rationing & Shortages
	Description:	AIR RAID BOOTIES designer Miss Ashfield making protective rubber boots. Showing how to make "a bootiful bootie that can be slipped on in a jiffy before you slip out to the shelter". It is made out of scraps of rubber "the best protection against blast". We see a woman & child preparing for a night in the air raid shelter. Several M/S's of the designer Adele Ashfield designing simple boots from scraps of rubber. The design is for people hiding out in air raid shelters. The commentator says that rubber boots will protect the legs from shrapnel. Several shots of Miss Ashfield stitching the boots together. M/S's of the completed boots. M/S of protective earpieces. M/S of a young woman modelling the new designs.

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