Sportlights: No 17a - Service and Sport
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 4
- Section Title
- Sportlights
- Summary
- NoS Summary - Sporty girls including swimmers and divers.
NoS synopsis: "It takes all sorts of service to make this world go round. Some Eves prefer to serve in the limelight of sport - " L/S of an open air swimming pool - possibly in a lake or river, or even the sea. Race taking place with lots of spectators sitting and standing around the edge of the pool. "the leader in this 220 yards backstroke race is Sybill Bauer - American Champion." C/U of Miss Bauer as she swims past. M/S of some of the spectators. C/U of the swimmer as she wins the race. Out of the pool C/U of the girl smiles at the camera. "Other Eves prefer the more primitive quiet of the backwoods." "Where the Spinning Wheel is not an ornament". "Speed through the water appeals more to some girls than speed on the spinning wheel." C/U of woman diving into the pool seen earlier. Camera follows her as she swims - front crawl. C/U of a spectator. Camera follows swimmer as she swims back again. C/U of the swimmer out of the pool. "For one, the smiles of sporting popularity - for another, just service in quietude - " - Researcher Comments
- A short handwritten shot list of this item appears in the Pathe boxfile
- Keywords
- Swimming; Water sports
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.105
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP105
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
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- Length of story (in feet)
- 180
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