Camera Interviews -: The South African Ladies Olympic Swimmers

Series

Series Name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

375

Date Released

9 Aug 1928

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1(Untitled record)
2. 2(Untitled record)
3. 3(Untitled record)
4. 4(Untitled record)
5. 5Camera Interviews -: The South African Ladies Olympic Swimmers
6. 6The Adventures of Sammy and Sausage: No. 9 - Onion is Strength!

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 6

Section Title

Camera Interviews -

Summary

British Pathe Synosis - The South African Olympic swimmers Misses Russell, Bengleberg, Rennie and Vandergoes pose for the camera with their trainer Mrs Finlayson. They stand on the pool side in their swimming costumes. M/S of the women as they dive into the pool. L/S of the girls swimming towards the camera. "The moment these Empire Eves see a swimming bath they dive right in to business - " reads an intertitle. L/S of the women diving off a high board into the pool. Top shot of one of the girls swimming front crawl. Another girl dives in and swims underneath the camera. "Real water-sprites." Another of the women swims past the camera. Various shots of the girls swimming. "Grace - and precision, in "slow-time" reads an intertitle, followed by slow motion footage one of the girls diving into the pool.

Keywords

Women; Swimming

Written sources

Kinematograph Weekly   16 August 1928 page illegible
The Bioscope   15 August 1928 p40.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.107
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP107 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue

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