Hand-Made Maidens! (1930)

Story about shop dummies from Berlin, Germany. Various shots of mannequins being made - we see excess plastic being trimmed from the waist of a model. L/S of bottom halves of mannequins lined up. “Moulding those girlish figures - “ A model is pulled from a mould. C/U of man using a scalpel to scrape away at a mannequin’s cheek. “The ladies require a different kind of painting, said Mr Edmond Bohn.“ A mannequin is turned and paint or varnish is applied with a spray gun. Panning shot of men in the workshop painting hair and features of the models. L/S of a finished model. An artistically posed mannequin is turned for the camera. Was an item in Eve’s Film Review issue number 467. 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 collecti
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