Model People

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

577

Length of issue (in feet)

187

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Model People

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: Designer Adel Rootstein creates shop window display mannequins sculpted from real-life subjects. London Line visits the factory where the fibreglass heads, limbs and torsos are made; the studio where the faces are painted and the wigmakers where fantastic hair-styles are designed. And meets one of Adel Rootstein’s most celebrated models - screen actress, Susan Hampshire.

Keywords

Arts and crafts; Fashion and costume; Toys and models; Design

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/577

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

Email

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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk

Web

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Phone

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Fax

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Address

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Notes

The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).

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