For many, nylon stockings provided a gossamer symbol of hope against the backdrop
of the deprivations of WW II. Big band music and old-time radio conjure up the days
of the wartime black market, smuggling, and nylon-bearing American troops who
depict the contrasts between war-torn Europe and life back home. Producer Wendy
Thompson gathers some memories of nylons from both sides of the ocean: nylons
patented, coveted, smuggled and improvised, through the war and beyond.
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Protecting Panythose
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Wallace Carothers, Inventor of Nylon
Wallace Carothers, Inventor of Nylon
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