Wigs

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

371

Date Released

5 Feb 1962

Date recorded

12 Jan 1962

Length of issue (in feet)

831

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Water Ski
2. 2Wigs
3. 3Egg Massage
4. 4Colour in Nature (Iceland)

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 4

Summary

Pathe synopsis: For busy girls who just haven’t time to get their hair washed and set between appointments, there’s an increasingly popular solution - change it. Yes, actresses, models and girls in a whirl are using wigs for convenience - so much so that a London firm stocks more than 8,000 to suit any head and any occasion.

Keywords

Fashion and costume

Locations

London; England

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Kenneth Kendall

Length of story (in feet)

194

Story extras:

Film clip

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