Hairdressing School (1950)

Hairdressing school. Near Piccadilly, London. The camera pans across women under big hairdryers. L/S interior of the hairdressing school run by Alfred Morris where women can go for hairstyles at a reduced cost as trainees practise on them. Various shots including good C/U’s as they dress hair. M/S of Alfred Morris giving lessons to his students including how the hair grows. They work on wigs attached to blocks. M/S as they watch Alfred Morris style a lady’s hair, they lean in to have a closer look. Various shots of international students, including Indian and Jamaican, working on hair. 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), Empir