Titles read: "Sportshots No. 25 - Popular sports & pastimes under the Cine-Camera lens". Superimposed beside the above title is C/U of Charles Eade, sports writer of the Sunday Express; he introduces himself and narrates the story.
Titles read: "Sportshots No. 25 - Popular sports & pastimes under the Cine-Camera lens". Superimposed beside the above title is C/U of Charles Eade, sports writer of the Sunday Express; he introduces himself and narrates the story.
Location of events unknown - could be Poland?
M/S of Polish athletes Miss Walsh and Miss Weiss (sp?) standing together in a field. Several shots of Miss Weiss putting the shot and throwing the discus; she has been sent to America to represent Poland in the Olympic Games. A slow motion shot shows her technique in detail.
Miss Walsh is seen throwing the javelin and running in a race against a man; she easily wins. The race is seen in slow motion; Charles Eade jokes about her still being chased by that man. Miss Walsh runs in a race with some other women and wins again. We are told "She is a vegetarian - maybe that helps!".
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