Full title reads: "Hyde Park. Health and Beauty on Parade! 1,500 members of Women's League of Health & Beauty in fine 'do-this-and-keep-fit' display."
Hyde Park, London.
Shots of Members of the Women's League of Health and Beauty perform some of their exercises outdoors in the open air. It is a kind of synchronised PT display.
Shots of the crowd of both men and women watching the display. Some of them are sitting on Hyde Park deck chairs.
More shots of the display. The women are sitting on the ground and exercising their upper bodies.
(Sound track runs out). More shots of crowd. More of women doing their massed exercises.
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