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13170_24774_society_party1

1940s
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Footage of a formal dinner party held by a young adult church club. Opens with shot of large, ornate white building with old-style street lamp at sidewalk under fading afternoon light. Inside building, a group of young women happily greet young men as they enter. The women wear long formal gowns/cocktail dresses and have styled hair. The men wear suits with ties or bowties. A few priests arrive. The inside of the building is richly decorated—pale yellow walls, paintings in golden frames, golden wall lamps (or candle holders?), golden wall accents. Men enter room and pair off with women lined up at wall. Camera scans crowd of mingling and chatting guests. Two women pin a corsage on a woman who then sings as another woman plays a piano beside her.