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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This 1965 film released by the International Institute of Coiffure Designers shows Mary Madden teaching the audience how to do different finger wave styles. Madden demonstrates the vertical finger wave, a horizontal finger wave, and a comb out. She demonstrates this on a model and with a mannequin. 0:10 “The International Institute of Coiffure Designers Ltd. Presents Miss Mary Madden in Finger Waving Techniques,” 0:27 Mary Madden introduces herself and begins combing her model’s hair, 1:17 Madden showing how to hold the comb and begins combing in a pattern, 4:33 Madden creates a C shape by the temple of the head and continues combing, 6:42 Madden combing a pattern into the hair at the back of the head, 8:00 Madden creating curls by clipping the ends of the hair to the head, 8:44 Madden demonstrating a vertical finger wave with a doll’s head, 11:04 Madden demonstrating the horseshoe finger wave without a part, 12:08 Madden showing off the finished horizontal finger wave on the model, 12:20 Madden brushes the model’s hair back to normal, 13:00 Madden completing the comb out and adding finishing touches, 13:57 all sides of the model’s head shown, 14:29 produced and directed by Allan Keith. A finger wave is a method of setting hair into waves that was popular in the 1920s and early 1930s and again in the late 1990s in North America and Europe. The process involved pinching the hair between the fingers and combing the hair in alternating directions to make an “S“ shape wave. We encourage viewers to add comments and, especially, to provide additional information about our videos by adding a comment! See something interesting? Tell people what it is and what they can see by writing something for example: “01:00:12:00 -- President Roosevelt is seen meeting with Winston Churchill at the Quebec Conference.“ This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
