Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

Name: Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1986-09-21

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Documentary

A three part series about women working in the British film industry during the 1950s.

Details

StatusEnded

First AiredSeptember 21, 1986

Last AiredOctober 5, 1986

Seasons1

Episodes3

TypeDocumentary

Origin CountryUnited Kingdom

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

Keywords

director britain united kingdom 1950s women

Production Companies

Flashback Television

Networks

Last Episode

S1 E3 • 10/5/1986

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