Learning on ScreenObstacles!
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Summary
- NoS Summary - Waitresses compete against each other in various sporting events.
British Pathe synopsis: "Filmed at Sudbury" "Nowadays, nothing stops our "nippy" girl friends - " M/S of girls in sports clothes tackling an obstacle course. They climb ropes, squeeze through barrels, grab apples from buckets with their teeth, etc. C/U of the spectators - seems like almost all women, some smoking. "Even hurdles can’t - " A hurdles race is shown - some footage in slow motion. "If you want to slow Adam down a bit, try "Sack Rugger". Men with their legs in sacks have a game of Rugby. Shots of the game and of spectators. "But, the real feminine tussle appears when the tug-of-war opens." M/S of a group of women pulling on a rope. We then see the other teams pulling on the rope. Various shots of the tug of war. M/S of the girls relaxing after their exertions. One of the girls is spitting out some liquid she has drunk. - Researcher Comments
- British Pathe Note: "Nippy" or "Nippies" refers to Lyons Corner House waitresses. Sudbury - could be Middlesex or Suffolk.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Women; Competitions
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.242
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP242
National Film Archive Catalogue
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