Those Stockings - 1940 | Movietone Moment | May 15 2020
On this day in 1940 Nylon stockings from Dupont went on general sale for the first time in the United States. Here is a British Movietone report of Nylon stockings being manufactured in Britain.
Nylon stockings are now being made in Britain, but when they will be available is not yet known.
KS GV Looms. Various shots of girls working at looms making stockings. Nylon stockings being fitted onto dummy legs, checked etc. Three legs sticking through stage curtain, three girls appear on stage, CU girls. CU their legs. GV girl putting stocking on. Finishing on girls kicking their legs in air.
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