• Short Summary

    Female gym instructors put on exercise display at English-Scandinavian School at Sturry.

  • Description

    Women's Gymnastics. Part of issue - GYM AND IT.

    English-Scandinavian Summer School, Sturry, Kent.

    Various shots of outdoor exercise / keep fit / physical training display put on by female gymnastic instructors from around the World. The women are all tall, bronzed and lean. They wear short tunics. They exercises are very slow and graceful. They end the display by marching around the field behind Union Jack flag.

    Note: this form of exercising looks very old fashioned and a bit comical compared to modern aerobics etc. AH 2001.

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  • Data

    Film ID:
    1244.08
    Media URN:
    42079
    Group:
    New sound pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    23/09/1937
    Sound:
    Sound
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:02:05:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:11:28:00 / 01:13:33:00
    Canister:
    NSP 78

Comments (2)

  1. Unknown user says

    I want to make sure that it is very important to see whether or not his is something that is going to improve in many way.

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  2. Unknown user says

    Our knowledge of things like gymnastics and dance has certainly come a log way in 80 years. These women were probably very good in their time.

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