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Doing it in Style

Series

Series Name
Ingot Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
17
Date Released
Oct 1953
Length of issue (in feet)
1794
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1A Bicycle made by Two
  2. 2Important developments at Blisworth & Redbourn
  3. 3Doing it in Style
  4. 4The Challenge
  5. 5A Big ‘Un
  6. 6Holiday Adventure

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
BFI Summary - At Merton Park studios, girls learn to keep hair short (for safety) yet attractive
NFA synopsis: Girl operatives crowning glory. September 1953. Hairstyles in factory work and the dilema of beauty/glamour v. safety regulations. Exterior shots of Merton Park Studios and the set of the feature film "Dangerous Voyage" with William Landingham and the film being shot are shown. Barbara Barnard, the hairstylist, goes to work on the steel-girl models and does their hair. They also talk with William Landingham. Back on the factory floor the girls are shown with their new hairstyles.
Keywords
Industry and manufacture; Safety devices; Cinema; Fashion and costume
Written sources
British Film Institute Databases
National Film Archive Catalogue   Used for synopsis
Film User   Vol.8 No.88 February 1954, p89.
Credits:
Producer
E. P. Moyna
Sponsor
Richard Thomas and Baldwins Group
Production Co.
Verity Films Ltd.

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Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
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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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