Suspenders Issue Title - Hats Off ! (1940)

Note: Probably filmed in the Pathe studio. M/S of pair of suspenders. L/S of young lady fastening suspenders onto her stockings. The commentator explains the nature of gravity with the help of a reconstruction of the apple falling on Sir Isaac Newton’s head. L/S of scientist demonstrating the forces of gravity by spinning a small cup of milk round in circles without milk coming out. Several diagrammatical shots of how the Moon and Earth rely on each other gravitational pull. M/S of the pages of a mathematical book explaining the theory of gravity and how it applies to women’s suspenders. M/S of woman’s legs with suspenders on. M/S of the women fastening suspenders under a kaleidoscope effect. M/S of women wearing the underwear from fifty years previously. 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