It Started in Paris

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1265

Date Released

31 Aug 1953

Date Other

Aug 1953

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1News Briefs: Persian Upheaval
2. 2News Briefs: Korean Red Cross Teams
3. 3News Briefs: Danish Ship Raised
4. 4German News
5. 5German News
6. 6German News
7. 7Choosing a Beauty Queen
8. 8It Started in Paris
9. *Southport’s Famous Show

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

8 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: It Started in Paris. DESCRIPTION: Practical experiments with the new short skirt look in Paris and Australia. SHOTLIST: Cut story - People working on model dresses shortening skirts. CU designs for new clothes. In Paris workrooms. Old new look and now latest look. CU four inches taken off bottom of dress. CU ruler measuring dress. Three models walk along street in Sydney. Wearing very short skirts. Man laughing. Cut-ins passers-by looking. Shot of girls rears wobbling. Man pops up from manhole in ground right under girls feet and whistles. Over Sydney part is voice of Australian commentator.

Keywords

Women; Curiosities; Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume

Locations

Paris; Sydney

Footage sources

Australia
France

Card file number

59570

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Length of story (in feet)

125

Story extras:

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