# Where to watch The March of Time: Fashion Means Business (1947) in the UK

> The March of Time: Fashion Means Business (1947) is available to watch free in the UK on BFI Player. Last verified on 18 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.

**Type:** Film  
**Year:** 1947  
**Runtime:** 17 minutes  
**Genres:** Documentary  
**Region:** United Kingdom (GB)  
**Last verified:** 18 May 2026 (2026-05-18T11:51:18.771Z)  

## Synopsis

Fashion Means Business (MARCH OF TIME) compactly investigates that heavy, nervous industry which whets woman's desire to improve, with various fabrics and gewgaws, upon the pelt God gave her. The film ranges, within 18 minutes, from the elegant fountainheads of Parisian and U.S. design, to those frenetic dress foundries along Manhattan's Seventh Avenue in which as many as 100 identical garments are cut in a few swerves of power-driven super-scissors. There are also instructive glimpses of the machinery which stamps a season's fashions upon a whole continent at once: the fashion magazines, the provincial fashion editors, the out-of-town buyers. Respects are also paid to I.L.G.W.U., a strong, shrewd union which realizes that management's Golden Goose needs feeding as well as bleeding.

## Streaming options in the United Kingdom

### Free (with ads or TV licence)

- [BFI Player](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1569499-the-march-of-time-fashion-means-business/watch?locale=GB)

## Frequently asked questions

**Where can I watch The March of Time: Fashion Means Business for free in the UK?**

The March of Time: Fashion Means Business (1947) is available free (with adverts or a TV licence) on BFI Player in the United Kingdom.

**Is The March of Time: Fashion Means Business on Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime Video in the UK?**

The March of Time: Fashion Means Business is not currently included with any major UK subscription service. It may still be available to rent or buy.

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