Should Girls Box?

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
404
Date Released
Feb 1929
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Should Girls Box?
  2. 2(Untitled record)
  3. 3(Untitled record)
  4. 4(Untitled record)
  5. 5(Untitled record)
  6. 6(Untitled record)
  7. 7Sammy and Sausage cartoon - No Parking Here
  8. 8Tip Toe Dancers

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 8
Summary
NoS Summary - boxing classes at a Virginia college.
British Pathe synopsis: Shots of a college where women are taught to box. High angle shot of large number of girls boxing (approx. 50) on a sports field. "The boxing class here is voted the most popular in the school!" Closer view of the girls as they spar. They are wearing white sports tops and baggy black shorts. One of the girls boxes with a male teacher. Other girls stand around and watch. High angle shot of the teacher being given a hard time. "I can’t give you anything but - biff!" reads an intertitle. Low angle shot of some of the girls boxing. Good C/U of a girl really giving it some to another girl who has been knocked to the ground! C/U of a dozen girls whacking each other. M/S of two girls fighting. L/S of the girls jabbing the air then throwing their boxing gloves in the air.
Keywords
Education and training; Women; Boxing
Locations
United States of America; Virginia
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   7 March 1929 p53.
The Bioscope   27 February 1929 p40.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.99
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP099 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
View all series held by British Pathe Ltd

Record Stats

This record has been viewed 170 times.