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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Standard CinemachineryBell & Howell Company
A FilmoRental Library Subject

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Luzon LingerieEdited and Titled by
Burton Holmes

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This reel is not intended to interest the men———


00:18

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———


07:49

They create also naperies and draperies———


08:49

And they have wrought veritable Miracles of Art———


09:17

They dash off dainty doilies by the dozen———


09:36

"So here beneath the palms is where
They make your Luzon underwear"


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The EndA Burton Holmes
Library Film