• Short Summary

    Rope skirt making at Herne Hill, Greater London.

  • Description

    Rope Skirt workshop, Herne Hill, Greater London.

    M/S and C/U Women unravelling rope. Pile of unravelled rope (it is actually grass hemp). C/U Pulling rope apart. Pile of unravelled rope. M/S Girl combing rope and man sorting another pile. Man sifting rope. C/U Girl combing. M/S Couple working. Girl fashioning brassiere out of rope and netting. C/U Packing rope into net. Girl hanging strands of rope on to another piece of rope, thus forming skirt. C/U rope hanging - Dissolve to - C/U Girl wearing skirt on beach. Girl wearing grass skirt sitting on rock. M/S LA Girl sitting on breakwater.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1301.22
    Media URN:
    43165
    Group:
    New pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    28/05/1951
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:01:05:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:35:34:00 / 01:36:39:00
    Canister:
    NP 350

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