Grass Skirts (1951)

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. 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