Fashion Convention
Series
- Series Name
- British Movietone News
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 5 / 6
- Summary
- MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Fashion Convention. DESCRIPTION: The Clothing Institute’s Annual Convention at the Grosvenor House Hotel. Introducing designs for uniforms as well as suits and dresses. SHOTLIST: SV pan interior girl & boy wearing new uniforms for petrol forecourt attendants, both wearing trousers. SV people applauding. SV girl and boy in another type of uniform for petrol forecourt attendants. Boy wearing trousers, jacket and peak cap, girl wearing hot pants suit and peak cap. SV two award winners with President of Clothing Institute, Geoffrey Aquilina Ross in centre, on left Louis Mintz and right, Molly Parkin. CU Mintz. CU trophy pan up to Parkin. SV pan girl parading in new dental nurse uniform. SV man wearing new milkman’s uniform. SV pan down wearing new lightweight RAF uniform. SCU man wearing new type boilersuit, he turns and walks away. SV group of women watching. SV girl parading in new nun’s working dress. GV people watching girl parading in mini Lurex train uniform. SV same girl parading. SV men watching. SV pan as girl turns and walks away in mini train uniform.
- Keywords
- Fashion and costume
- Locations
- London
- Card file number
- 98683
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- Leslie Mitchell
- Camera
- Reginald William Smith
- Length of story (in feet)
- 123
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How to cite this record
'Fashion Convention', British Movietone News Issue No. 2270, 4 Dec 1972. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/29676 (Accessed 22 Jun 2025)