Wheels, Whirls And Girls 1936

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Full title reads: "Wheels, whirls and girls!"

Dresden, Germany.

Keeping fit with Athletic Wheel, exercises on the 'Rhoen', invented in Germany and demonstrated in beautiful park in Dresden.

Various shots of very Aryan looking women exercising in bizarre looking circular frames....

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Cataloguer:
Amelia
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39591
Sort Number:
PT 335
Time in/Out:
01:15:32:00 / 01:17:23:00
Canister:
PT 335
Film ID:
1138.07
Issue Date:
24/08/1936

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