Keeping Cool

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

627

Date Released

8 Jun 1933

Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 5

Summary

NoS Summary - an enormous outdoor swimming pool in Texas.
British Pathe synopsis: United States of America. "An easy matter in this huge Texas concrete swimming pool - with room for 2,500 bathers." Panning shot of a huge pool of swimmers. It is an open air pool. M/S of group of men diving off the side of the pool together, then swimming towards the camera. Lots of people sit on the steps beside the pool and watch. M/S of fun and games on a slippery pole which sticks out over the pool. Children fool around and fall in. C/U of three young children standing on the board. Another swimmer slides down the pole and falls in. High angle shot from the top of a slide. People slide down it on a wooden board. Spinning wheel is shown. Half a dozen people propel it around with their hands and feet and four girls are spun around as they lie on the bottom. As the ones standing up lose their balance the girls get ducked in the water.

Keywords

Swimming

Locations

United States of America; Texas

Written sources

Pathe Inventory File Tin No.262
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP262
National Film Archive Catalogue

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