Pre-Shaped Clothing
Series
- Series Name
- Tomorrow Today
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 5
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Much of the art of the dressmaker lies in forming a flat piece of cloth so that it fits over the curves of the body. In the future one mould may form the cloth as effectively as paper patterns, cutting and stitching do now. It’s a process that looks like a tailor’s conjuring trick!
- Keywords
- Science and technology; Industry and manufacture; Fashion and costume; Inventions and discoveries
- Written sources
- COI Microfilm Roll 51 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 1458/115
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Fred Goodland
- Presenter
- Marion Foster
This series is held by:
Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Fax
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- 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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How to cite this record
'Pre-Shaped Clothing', Tomorrow Today Issue No. 115. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/329548 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)