Wikisource:WikiProject Film/Drafts/Archives/Luzon Lingerie
User: SnowyCinema
File: Luzon Lingerie (1920).webm
Author: Burton Holmes
Publisher: Bell & Howell Company
Year: 1905
PD: PD/US|1958|film=yes
Note:
Cat: Documentary films about science, Philippines, Silent films
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Burton Holmes
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This reel is not intended to interest the men———
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First meet this artistic young Filipino—a nice boy—though of a designing disposition———
00:45
He draws—others cut—the stencils———
01:02
His designs are duplicated for all the perfect thirty-sixes in the world———
01:54
Ten thousands of deft dusky feminine fingers fix the pleasing pattern on miles of fine white fabric———
03:05
Long training is required—Long trains are de rigeur———
03:15
Hosiery is optional—But heelless slippers called "chinelas" must be worn———
03:29
The absence of chairs has floored everybody in this airy work-room———
03:49
Scallops by the score are scissored silently———
04:17
Never too young to learn———
04:35
And when they slip away at the close of day—no one resents this farewell formality———
05:03
Even in Bilibid Prison the maidens and matrons of Manila execute exquisite needle work———
05:47
Most of these gentle dames are "in" for crimes of jealousy———
06:08
But now away—to seek more Luzon lingerie in its romantic native lair———
06:23
We follow one famous line of lingerie to its distance source amid the murmuring palm groves of this tropic island———
06:49
The home of an American girl who has trained and now directs five thousand Tagalog needle workers—They finish for her fifteen hundred gauzy garments every day———
07:13
Since the war began they have captured the world markets for their Filipino product———
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They create also naperies and draperies———
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And they have wrought veritable Miracles of Art———
09:17
They dash off dainty doilies by the dozen———
09:36
They make your Luzon underwear"
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