| LUCIE CLAYTON Good shots of women exercising and being groomed at the Lucie Clayton Charm School. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7144 |
| Catalog #: | 103175 | |
| Clip Number: | 103175-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NP 294 | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:42 - 01:19:02 | |
| Location: | London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1950 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEAUTY CULTURE: Misc BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Manners & Etiquette EDUCATION & SCHOOLS: Charm School LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | London. Various shots of young women exercising at the Lucie Clayton Charm School on Oxford Street. MS Woman stretching. LS Women doing stretching exercises. CU Woman doing exercises more women in background. Intercut with these shots are shots of a young lady sitting before a mirror. MS CU Instructress dressing girl's hair. LS MLS Girls doing exercises on floor. A woman combs the girl's long hair and seems to be suggesting a new hairstyle; the girl frowns, unconvinced. We later see the girl with a smooth pageboy cut. More good shots of girls in black shorts and white shirts tied under the bust doing more exercises, bending and stretching into fancy, balletic poses. Ms. Girls bending and stretching. CU Girls swinging arms backwards and forwards. CU Girl pulling arms back. MLS TS. Girl doing fancy pose. CU Woman doing fancy pose. They are then weighed and have their vital statistics measured. MLS Girls on weighing machine. MCU Instructress weighing girl and talking. MS Woman with tape measure round girl's chest. A girl in an old-fashioned gown with ostrich feather head-dress and fan (probably court costume) stands on a pedestal and takes a curtsey under the eye of an instructress. CU Long train of dress. MS Girl in gown standing on pedestal. LS Girl on pedestal woman talking to her. MS Girl with fan. | |
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