The Whirlabout 1930

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A physical fitness machine is demonstrated - a "health wheel".

A woman stands strapped into a contraption which then rotates. It is a kind of gyroscope. We see the woman turned every which way on the gizmo. We see her from a low angle, as she spins upside down she takes her hands from the...

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Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
16516
Sort Number:
EP 195
Time in/Out:
01:43:28:00 / 01:44:51:00
Canister:
EP 195
Film ID:
922.20
Issue Date:
11/09/1930

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