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  1. Clothes and the Woman! (1923)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Jun. 27, 1923
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Male impersonators
    Subject: Hetty King
    Description: The fabulous Hetty King impersonates various contemporary male types - toff, cowboy, eastender, among others. "Here's a lady whom everybody knows - when on the stage - Guess - " M/S of a drawing...
  2. Ringing The Changes (1922)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Apr. 20, 1922
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Crossdressing, Drag, Female impersonators
    Subject: Bert Errol
    Description: Drag act Bert Errol is seen in his dressing room - he changes from men's clothes to women's. C/U of Bert in his dressing room. He looks into a hand mirror and primps his hair whilst a woman atte...
  3. Roberta Wins Hill Climb

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: Sep. 5, 1957
    Topics: Automobile racing, Motorsports, MtFs, Shelsley Walsh Hill-climb Race, Transgender people, Transsexual people
    Subject: Roberta Cowell, Tony Marsh, W.B. Croot
    Description: Roberta Cowell (wartime fighter pilot who had sex change operation) wearing head scarf round her head, examining the engine of her car with a mechanic in the pits, camera pans up and we look down o...
  4. The Jubilee Duettists (1933)

     
    Collection: Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
    Institution: British Pathé
    Creator:
    Date: 1933
    Topics: Arts and entertainment occupations, Drag, Female impersonators, Male impersonators, Songs
    Description: The Jubilee Duettists perform the old-fashioned song 'Twickenham Ferry'.