Hairdressing (1948)

British Colonies Club, London. C/U mass of afro hair. Various shots of black hairdresser Carmen England doing an African woman’s hair. Carmen brushes the hair, she then treats it with “secret oils“. She divides the hair into sections and uses heated steel combs to straighten the woman’s hair. M/S of woman looking in mirror - Carmen has styled her hair typical 40s fashion. C/U of woman. Cataloguer’s note: very unusual to come across story about ethnic minorities’ beauty regimes at this time. AH 2001. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934