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Ready to Wear

Series

Series Name
Looking At Britain

Issue

Issue No.
30
Date Released
1962
Completion
Apr 1962
Length of issue (in feet)
369
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Ready to Wear

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 1
Summary
COI synopsis: Clothing and fashion have changed considerably over the last sixty years...Today the picture is very different. All around us there are shops displaying ready-to-wear clothes which anyone can buy, easily and cheaply. Britain is one of Europe’s biggest producers of ready-made clothes, and the development of new fabrics, new designs and new manufacturing processes means that there is no lack of choice for the shopper, while high standards of workmanship ensure the quality of every garment sold.
Keywords
Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume
Written sources
The National Archives INF 6   /846 - used for synopsis.
COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
Films From Britain Catalogue   1964-65, p 164.
COI Reference
MI 920/30
Credits:
Sponsor
Central Office of Information (COI)
Sponsor
Colonial Office
Producer
Gerald Cookson
Director
Jennifer Thwaites
Commentator
John Carson
Production Co.
Kinocrat Films Ltd

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
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footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
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Phone
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Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
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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