| NUMBERS AND FIGURES A look at numbers and figures from expense sheets to the perfect female figure. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 7048 | |
| Catalog #: | 510204 | |
| Clip Number: | 510204-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | NSP 271 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:08 - 01:25:50 | |
| Location: | London | |
| Year Shot: | 1941 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEAUTY CULTURE: Ideals LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, London SCIENCE: Mathematics | |
| Description: | NUMBERS AND FIGURES A look at numbers and figures from expense sheets to the perfect female figure. London Various shots of ticket book full of numbers, an expense sheet and an income tax demand. M/S of a diagram showing our numbers go from 1 - 10 in decimal notation. M/S of dictionary definition of a number. M/S showing the difference between figures and numbers, a woman walks by in a bathing suit. M/S of diagram tracing the history of numbers from Arabic to modern day, and Greek numbers which are figures. M/S of numbers written over pictures in Russian designs. C/U of a woman putting on her lipstick in the mirror, she smiles, this signifies number one - yourself. M/S of two people kissing. M/S of the 3 balls on a pawnbrokers sign. M/S of the measurements for a perfect woman's figure, a girl in bathing suit comes on to emphasise the point. (They list the perfect measurements. Interesting compared to modern standards.) M/S of magic square where all the numbers add up to 15. Various shots showing how many days people work in a year and what the other days are taken up by, eg. holidays and eating! | |
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