M/S's of the young Mademoiselle Andree using a spring exercising machine. The device attached to her feet and her neck. She then lifts her neck and legs up and down. The commentator says "the apparatus does the work and the body gets the result."...
M/S's of the young Mademoiselle Andree using a spring exercising machine. The device attached to her feet and her neck. She then lifts her neck and legs up and down. The commentator says "the apparatus does the work and the body gets the result." Various more shots of Andree using the contraption for exercising several parts of the body.
M/S's of the six young ladies displaying the latest bathing fashions. They are known as the BBB's or the Blackpool Bathing Belles. M/S of the girls standing on a platform displaying swimming costumes.
L/S's and M/S's of young glamorous ladies in Florida in the United States of America, displaying the latest fashions in night gowns made for chiffon and lace. Several shots of the girls wearing the gowns including one lady who wears a chiffon nightie with a Queen Elizabeth collar. The commentator remarks "and how Queen Elizabeth would have liked these gowns - skilfully fitted and beautifully designed to please Queen 1935."
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