| EVE'S DAY AT SCHOOL Nice item about schoolgirls who are learning dressmaking and hairdressing. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6702 | |
| Catalog #: | 369827 | |
| Clip Number: | 369827-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 5 | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:51 - 01:55:01 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1924 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEAUTY CULTURE: Weight Loss / Slimming BEAUTY CULTURE/HAIR: Women EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Vocational (Trade) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK OCCUPATIONS: Barber / Hairdresser OCCUPATIONS: Tailor / Dressmaker / Milliners / Cobbler OCCUPATIONS: Training OCCUPATIONS: Women SPORTS/PHYSICAL FITNESS: Misc. | |
| Description: | EVE'S DAY AT SCHOOL Nice item about schoolgirls who are learning dressmaking and hairdressing. Iris in/out effect throughout. "Eve need no longer go out into the cold hard world without having a skilled trade at her finger tips. For instance she can be taught dressmaking - " Teenage girls in dressmaking workshop. Some work with mannequins, fitting dresses, adding trim, etc.; girl in ctr. cutting out a pattern on table. MLS 2 girls stand on platform wearing elegant gowns while other junior seamstresses put on finishing touches. One is putting on a big sparkling rhinestone pin to hold together some fabric gathered at the hip. Wider shot of same. "Perhaps tailoring is chosen. Then she must first learn drafting." Girls in drafting class. The girls stand bending over tables, measuring and drawing lines using an "L" ruler. "Now we'll see the "tricky" class - for embroidery work is both a tricky and ticklish job - whether by machine or hand." Shot looking down at girls sitting close together at tables doing embroidery work by hand. Another view panning on room of long tables w/many girls working. Girls at pedal sewing machines, doing embroidery by machine. "and bead embroidery, especially, requires nimble fingers." In another classroom girls sit in front of frames w/ fabric stretched across. They are doing bead embroidery. MCU 2 girls sit facing each other doing beadwork. CU looking down at their work, girl picking up tiny beads. "Beautiful hair is as necessary as a beautiful dress. So hairdressing also has its group of students." Pan on girls at work using each other as models, styling hair, shampooing, etc. Trainees working on 2 long-haired models. Note giant blow-dryer at left. Dissolve to MCU girl curling model's long hair. "Art, always an essential of the dress designer's make-up, is not forgotten." Girls in art class all sketching a model. "But there is one class which everybody attends - for fitness is next to comeliness." Gym class (physical training) Girl climbs ropes as others watch below. Like the gym outfit, short tunic w/ tights. | |


