Fit - Fitter - Fittest! 1938

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Titles read: "FIT - FITTER - FITTEST!"

London.

At the Lucas-Tooth Institute in Tooley Street we see young men doing keep fit exercises in formation with great gusto. They fling their arms around, do star jumps and do funny postures on the mats that help to break a fall and avoid serious...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
40301
Sort Number:
PT 418
Time in/Out:
01:38:00:00 / 01:40:10:00
Canister:
PT 418
Film ID:
1166.20
Issue Date:
28/03/1938

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