Contact Lenses (1948)

Unissued, unused footage dates and locations may be unclear, unknown. Australian newsreel titles read: The Eyes Have It. NEW LOOK IN GLASSES. Sydney, Australia. C, U of woman s eyes wearing massive contact lenses looks quite uncomfortable. Several shots show the complete process of making the contact lenses. Australia s only contact lens maker, Penrhyn Thomas, inserts an impression cup containing material for taking a cast of the eyeball over the woman s eye (which has been anaesthetised)