Boys And Girls Come Out To Play! 1941

Star Item

Description

Titles read: "BOYS AND GIRLS COME OUT TO PLAY!"

Palm Springs, United States of America.

Various shots, some in slow motion, of champion divers Majorie / Marjorie Gestring and Colleen (Corinne?) Smith jumping into the swimming pool of the El Mirador Hotel and swimming underwater towards...

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
15823
Sort Number:
PT 565
Time in/Out:
01:39:17:00 / 01:40:26:00
Canister:
PT 565
Film ID:
1212.22
Issue Date:
27/01/1941

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt
The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The Duke of Edinburgh has many talents, but it is his unique way with words that often receives the most attention. 
Philip

Related Videos

Hide
The Children's Day

The Children's Day

Children's regatta in the countryside.

Kindergarten!

Kindergarten!

Children play at keeping house at a nursery.

Safety First Trailer

Safety First Trailer

Great footage of children playing and crossing roads safely (and not so safely).

( Italian Summer )

( Italian Summer )

Great Italian beach scenes in Summer heatwave.

(Child's Birthday Party)

(Child's Birthday Party)

Good shots of children having a good time at a birthday party. Cakes, games and a magician.

Village Children Of South China

Village Children Of South China

Educational film showing life in a village in South China.

Boy And Girl Various Acted Scenes

Boy And Girl Various Acted Scenes

A little boy and girl act out various scenes for camera.

 

 

On June 4 1913, suffragette Emily Wilding Davison made her way in to the history books when she fell under the hooves of George V’s horse at the Epsom Derby. But was it intentional?
Emily
From well-constructed and contrived quips to completely natural and seemingly spontaneous comments, there's something fascinating about people's last words.
 Last_Words
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911