The American Scene: Fantastic Headgear

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1198

Date Released

19 May 1952

Date submitted

15 May 1952

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Queen Mother’s Farewell to Black Watch
2. 2South Bank Disappearing
3. 3The American Scene: Fantastic Headgear
4. 4The American Scene: Ridge Riders
5. 5The American Scene: New Jet Bomber
6. 6The American Scene: Korea Rockets
7. 7The American Scene: New UN Commander
8. 8General Eisenhower’s Farewell

Story

Story No. within this Issue

3 / 8

Section Title

The American Scene

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: American Scene - Fantastic Hats. DESCRIPTION: Los Angeles, where a recent Society Ball held a competition for the most monstrous headgear. SHOTLIST: Cut story - KS. CU hat. Various shots of mannequins displaying most fantastic hats. CU hats etc.

Keywords

Music and dance; Women; Curiosities; Competitions; Fundraising; Social events; Fashion and costume

Locations

Los Angeles

Footage sources

United States of America

Card file number

57215

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

63

Story extras:

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