- Title: U633
- Date:1950s
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Summary:
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Black and white live action and animated film about tampons, 1950
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High angle shot looking down onto (the old) London Bridge with crowds of people / workers and traffic / buses across
Ws pavement with crowds of people towards camera ms and pan right from underground station to crowd of people waiting to cross road
Vs two young women wait at bus stop and talk get on number 24 bus ms four women athletes compete in hurdles race, ms improbably glamorous woman feeds sheet of metal into machine
low angle shot woman doctor with stethoscope in ears looks worried
low angle shot woman barrister talks to bench with spectacles in her hand, ms woman politician makes speech
low angle shot woman in gown and mortarboard talks to unseen class ms two young very made up women / secretaries feed paper into their typewriters
Cu typewriter
Vs women working in typing pool
Cu hands typing on typewriting keys
Cu young woman puts hand up to head and looks unwell
GRAPHIC SEQUENCE showing reproductive system of woman and journey of egg growing baby inside uterus discarded egg and menstruation
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Ms two women read magazine watched by man who then gives them some work the women smile at each other STILLS OF WOMEN SUFFERING DURING MENSTRUATION IN VS CULTURES
Mcu MOVING FOOTAGE: Suffragettes march with banners at turn of century. MOVING FOOTAGE: STILLS WOMEN IN VS FASHIONS INC VICTORIAN BATHING OUTFITS. ms two women typing in office as another woman / tea lady serves tea to them which they drink
vs young woman opens desk drawer and takes out vanity case
GRAPHIC SEQUENCE SHOWING TAMPON BEING INSERTED INTO VAGINA AND BLOOD FLOWING ONTO IT (non-applicator tampon)
Mcu hand pressing flush lever on lavatory, Cu water flushing in bowl,
ms women leaving work for the day, ms woman buys tampons (Lillets) from chemist shop
Cu woman scientist looks through microscope and tests tampon
Cu tampons expanding as they are placed in liquid
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Cu woman places box of tampons in her handbag ms people walking along pavement / sidewalk
Vs woman with teenage girl talk to doctor in surgery. Girl undresses as her mother is shown illustrations of vaginal opening and photographs of women swimming girl lies down to prepare for doctor's examination
Vs operation taking place showing how carefully swabs are counted out of body
Vs young women ice skating
- TYPE:
- DATE:1950s
- GENRE:
- SOURCE:Greenpark
- Decade:
- Colour:B&W
- Keywords:UK, LONDON, PUBLIC TRANSPORT, WOMEN AT WORK IN MEDICINE, LAW, EDUCATION, OFFICE WORK, POLITICS, REPRODUCTION, MENSTRUATION, TAMPONS, GRAPHIC ANIMATION, REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM, BATHING / SWIMMING COSTUME FASHION, LABORATORY, ABSORBENCY, LILLETS, ADVICE, DOCTOR, ICE SKATING.
- Master Title:U633
- Segment:Greenpark
- Sound:Sound
