Auto Mannequins (1950)

Automatic mannequins. Grosvenor Court Hotel, London. C/U dress showing flowers at the waist. Camera pans up to head of lifelike plastic model mannequin, the model is rotating to show off the dress. M/S of man adjusting the mechanisms. C/U man assembling model. C/U hand turning on switch, the model rotates. Various shots of the models turning on the spot. 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 (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.