Diver - Lady

Series

Series Name: Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.

161

Date Released

3 Jul 1924

Length of issue (in feet)

980

Stories in this Issue:

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

Pathe Intertitles - "The other day we sent a Cameraman to film the scenic beauties of Torquay - He started all right -" Two shots
"But then, we regret to say, he strayed off the straight and gravelly path and wandered round to the diving beauties of Torquay - practising for the Olympic tirals." One shot
""Nothing fancy in our caps", they remarked - "But them, these are for use -"" One shot
"A Swallow dive came first - ("From 35 feet," said Miss Sullivan.)" One shot
"Our "slow" Camera was just fast enough to get a 10 times longer glance -" One shot
"Another dive with all the grace of the swallow’s swift flight - ("Also 35 feet," remarked Miss Snelgrove.)" Two shots
"And finally a running "swallow" by Miss Luscombe, one of England’s Olympic hopes -" Two shots

Researcher Comments

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

Keywords

Water sports

Locations

Torquay; England

Written sources

Pathe Eve 131-169 Boxfile Issue sheet

Credits:

Production Co.: British Pathe Ltd.

Length of story (in feet)

200

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