Revolving Barber (1954)

Thornton Heath, Surrey. Various shots of the invention used by barber Eddie McConville - a chair that revolves around his customer so he can sit down while tending to hair. Commentator explains that Eddie was injured in a road accident and can’t stand up all day. Several shots of Eddie cutting the hair of his customer while moving about on the chair behind him Notes and cutting on file - the contraption was made by Eddie’s friend Sid Withey. 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