Chemical Modes (1937)

Item title reads - Chemical Modes! Probably filmed in Pathe studios, London. A look at how the work of chemists can be used in fashion. M/S of chemists looking through microscopes, M/S of jars full of different drugs moving along on a conveyor belt. M/S of one chemist making a bubbling mixture in a tube. M/S of a lady modelling a hat with a wide brim, it is made from cellophane. Another models a small hat with big flowers on the top. A lady comes out wearing a cloak, she takes it off to reveal a dress with a very low back. M/S of pink organdie dress with high collar, it is dyed with the latest and fastest vat dyes. M/S model wearing big flower patterned bathing suit, the camera pans down it. M/S of another lady modelling a bathing costume which is meant to stand the sea, the camera pans down to her beach bag. FILM ID:1152.1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES.