Refugee Cinderellas (1960)

Item title reads - Refugee Cinderellas. Two young Latvian refugees arrive with their mother in London. Various shots of the two Latvian girls, Inara and Mara Jenkevics disembarking from a German airliner at London Airport (Heathrow). L/S and M/S of the refugee tenements at Memmingen, Bavaria. Interior shot of Mara and Inara preparing and packing their belongings in readiness for their trip to England. C/U Inara cleaning her shoes. C/U Mara folding clothes to put in her case. C/U Mrs Jenkevics. Various shots of Mrs Jenkevics and her two daughters looking at the copy of the ’Daily Mirror’ telling of their new life which will begin at the teenage ball in London. Various shots of the Jenkevics family dining in restaurant at London Airport with Daily Mirror representative Noel Whitcomb. Various shots of the girls laughing with Noel. Various shots as the girls and their mother enter Norman Hartnell’s salon in London. L/S as Noel Whitcomb and Marjorie Proops look on whilst the girls are measured for new cl
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