A mysterious still image from a 1967 video, a bit of online detective work, and a hidden history of women on the fringes of fame

So thanks to @N9IWP for giving me the tip on how to step through video frames on YouTube, I did screengrabs of the 4 frames and created an animated GIF of the woman blinking just for funzies (hey, it’s the day before T-Day and I am slow at work).

Presented for your viewing pleasure (or uncanny valley horror, YMMV) an endless loop of a forgotten video test model from 1967 blinking: