Eve in Camp - in South Africa

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

503

Date Released

22 Jan 1931

Length of issue (in feet)

948

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 6

Summary

NoS Summary - fun and games at an Agricultural School Camping Ground in South Africa.
NoS synopsis: South Africa. "Down on the Vaal, where the Agricultural Schools have an ideal Camping Ground -" Panning shot of African landscape - river, marshy plants etc. High angle of large number of people in small rowing boats on the water. L/S of group of men and women playing around together - leap frog, pretend fights etc. "This is what they call a "spanking good time" M/S of a crowd of people spanking someone (we don’t see who as they are in the middle of the crowd). C/U of men slapping the bum of someone they are holding by the arms and legs. "Eve all over -" C/U of woman combing her long hair. C/U of woman with plaited hair brushing her teeth. She turns and smiles at the camera. "The call of the - eats - !" M/S of a man ringing a bell and lots of people running towards the place where food is dispensed. M/S of large number of people sitting squashed together on the grass. Panning shot of them eating, drinking and raising their glasses to each other. C/U of woman in glasses eating a piece of bread. Her friends force her to drink from their mugs. C/U of a couple sitting very close to each other. She offers him a hard boiled egg which he bites then looks shocked.

Researcher Comments

A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathe boxfile.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure

Locations

South Africa

Footage sources

IVTA

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.204
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP204
Pathe Eve 494-515 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

126

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