Mechanical Maids

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
576
Date Released
16 Jun 1932
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Dogland Giants
  2. 2Machine made Exercises
  3. 3The Woodland Punch and Judy
  4. 4The Lily Harvest
  5. 5Mechanical Maids

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
NoS Summary - Fun and games at a motor car rally at Heston Aerodrome.
British Pathe synopsis: "Filmed at Heston". "Eve’s gone mechanical today - watch her at any Motor or Aeroplane Rally and you’ll see how keenly she joins in - whether it’s the musical chairs..." High angle shot of group of cars driving around a field. Lots of spectators stand around and watch. M/S of woman driving an opened topped car past a chair. She stops the car, jumps out and sits on a chair. High angle shot of other drivers doing the same. Various shots of the game as it continues. Quick C/U of the band - in guardsman’s uniform. M/S of judge being passed by cars. Man jumps from his car and sits on a chair laughing. Another woman jumps out and sits on a chair. "...or the potato race - (though her aim isn’t always what it should be!)" Another game where women lean out of the car dropping potatoes into buckets. The women are wearing fur trimmed coats. "She’ll try anything once - even the "chariot" race - " Woman sits in a little wooden box on wheels. High angle L/S of the cars on the start line. The "chariots" are pulled along behind the cars! Various shots of the fun and games. "And when a giant ‘plane lands, she’s just as interested as Adam -" Low angle shot of a biplane coming in to land. "Incidentally, did you know that these big "Imperial" monsters have a small engine built into the hull to start the giant engines above? Watch..." C/U of man starting the engine with a lever. C/Us of the propellers as they begin to turn. It is an Imperial Airways plane. High angle L/S of the plane on the runway.
Keywords
Motor vehicles; Exhibitions and shows
Locations
England; Middlesex; Heston Aerodrome
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.240
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP240
National Film Archive Catalogue
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