| MUSICAL BOXES Shop packed with great novelty gift items. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 41 |
| Catalog #: | 518392 | |
| Clip Number: | 518392-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 52 | |
| Timecode: | 01:27:30 - 01:30:13 | |
| Location: | Great Britain, England, Streatham, London. | |
| Year Shot: | 1955 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BEAUTY CULTURE: Misc ENTERTAINMENT/MUSIC: Music box/Mechanical instrument FASHION: Accessories, Misc HOBBIES: Collecting INVENTIONS: Musical LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 36980 Streatham, London. Novelty items a go-go in a shop in a South London boutique. Jenny Tarsh's hobby of collecting unusual music boxes has turned into a business; she how has a music box boutique in Streatham. MS Woman looking into shop window full of small objects MS woman looking in shop window. She beings to walk to door of shop and she enters shop. Interior MS woman coming through door into shop. CU woman's hand picks up very small gold piano shaped music box and begins to inspect it (it is a compact). MS woman places piano shaped music box on shelf and picks up flying saucer shaped music box (also a compact - -this is the latest thing, musical compacts.). CU Hands inspecting flying saucer shaped musical box which has powder puff in it. CU Head and shoulders of woman with flying saucer shaped musical box in hand. She replaces powder puff in compact and replaces onto shelf and walks out of camera. MS Counter in shop. The customer walks into picture up to counter. CU Candle stands with candle music box. Woman's hands pick up candle stick base slowly revolves. Woman's hands then lights candle. MS woman picking up table lighter music box. CU Table lighter shaped musical box being held in hands; shop keeper reaches over to demonstrate action of lighter; customer turns it slowly around for inspection. MS Model passing lighter back to shop keeper who once again demonstrates action of lighter passes it back to model who places it on counter. CU Manicure set music box with revolving ballet dancer in center of case. MS Shop keeper handing handbag to mode - - this is not a musical box but a very rare purse which has a place for everything! including a lighter a place for a tiny scent bottle and a moveable mirror which lifts to reveal cigarette box behind it. CU Inside of the handbag a girl demonstrates comb gadget opens up mirror revealing cigarettes, removes lipstick from holder and replaces it and picks out small scent bottle and replaces it. She closes handbag. MS Camera pans round shop on various novelties of musical and other types. | |
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