Mechanical Maids / Mechanical Eve

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
470
Date Released
5 Jun 1930
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Swingball
  2. 2Mechanical Maids / Mechanical Eve
  3. 3Grace & Rhythm - Andree & Curtis the International Dancers
  4. 4Hoop La

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 4
Summary
NoS Summary - A woman motorcyclist on a track.
British Pathe synopsis: "This is the age of mechanical proficiency for the fair sex - Eve today doesn’t mind side-stepping the milliner for robot-like creations like this - " C/U of woman putting on a motorcycle helmet. She smiles broadly. "The average girl’s acquaintance with a motor cycle rarely exceeded the pillion seat - now she wants the whole machine." M/S of woman tinkering with a large motorbike. We see the woman and her "tricky track riding" in slow motion. incomplete.
Keywords
Women; Motorcycling
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.190
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP190 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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