Keep Fit Craze 1966

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Kensington, London.

A story about a gym and health club in Kensington. Various shots of men on exercise bicycles sweating, doing various exercises and lifting weights. They are also using a range of toners including a strap round the middle which vibrates and all the fat wobbles. There is also...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Colour
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
4078
Sort Number:
CP 605
Time in/Out:
01:30:16:00 / 01:32:23:00
Canister:
CP 605
Film ID:
373.04
Issue Date:
28/07/1966

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