Black Out Fashions

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
537
Date Released
18 Sep 1939
Date submitted
14 Sep 1939
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
7 / 13
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Blackout Fashions at Selfridges. DESCRIPTION: For safety in the black out white is being added to clothing and hats. SHOTLIST: Shoppers look into shop windows over piles of sandbags. Inside new fashions are almost exclusively white so that the wearer may be seen better during the hours of darkness. White gas-mask containers, white belts, white handbags and white hat-bands. Dressing gowns are all in white to wear during the air raids.
Keywords
Women; Shops and shopping; Safety devices; Civil defence; Fashion and costume
Footage sources
Great Britain
Card file number
37428
Credits:
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
43
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Black Out Fashions', British Movietone News Issue No. 537, 18 Sep 1939. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/10260 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)