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1938 Women's Fair and Lunch at Olympia
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0:52Now PlayingDate: 3rd November 1938
Location: Olympia
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION: The Festival of Femininity
ENGLAND: London: Olympia:
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B/W footage. General view of women at fairL brief shots of Mrs Kay Petre (racing driver), Mrs Diana Fishwick (golfer) drinking cocktail, Commandant Mary Allen (Women Police), Anna Neagle (actress), Kay Stammers (tennis player), Frances Day (actress and singer), Lady Nancy Astor (politician), Lady Jellico, Miss Sylvia Pankhurst (socialist feminist), Violet Vanbrugh (actress), Cecilia Colledge (skater), Ethel Mannin (writer)
Models displaying dresses (frocks): women looking at clothing items for sale: man looking at women's underwear for sale:
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