Latex in the Home

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

210

Date Released

5 Jan 1959

Date recorded

5 Dec 1958

Length of issue (in feet)

756

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Fashions in Leather
2. 2Latex in the Home
3. 3Cowboy Monkey
4. 4Focus on Children

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: A material with 1001 uses for the do-it-yourself enthusiast is latex foam. The milky substance, taken from the rubber tree, is whipped up into a foam containing thousands of interconnecting air cells. The result is a soft, but very durable, material.

Keywords

Domestic life; Industry and manufacture

Locations

London; England; Mansion House

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

David De Keyser

Length of story (in feet)

182

Story extras:

Film clip

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