| FIGHTING FATHER TIME Girls' Sports Day | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6735 | |
| Catalog #: | 429011 | |
| Clip Number: | 429011-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 110 | |
| Timecode: | 01:17:40 - 01:19:34 | |
| Location: | Sudbury, Middlesex | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CONTESTS: Recreational (Tug O War, Sack Race, etc) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England, Middlesex RECREATION: Games, Tug Of War SPORTS: Women SPORTS/TRACK & FIELD: Hurdles | |
| Description: | FIGHTING FATHER TIME Lyons Corner House waitresses have a sports day - tug of war, hurdles etc. "Father Time is always after us - not even Methusalah or Fanny Ward can shake him off. But the girls of today are doing their best to give him a race for it." Girls' hurdles race. Hurdlers racing toward camera. Slow- motion side view of hurdler. Wide shot from low near ground girls running toward camera and past. (When they get near only their legs are seen because of cam. position.) Next, the "Goodnight" race: a row of girls crouch at the starting line. They each put a candle in a holder, then put on a nightgown and nightcap, pick up the candle and run. Tug of war. MLSs of both teams of big strong girls before and during the contest. MS adult woman bending down beside the "tuggers", shouting encouragement. Ends w/MS girls picking themselves up off the ground, girl in FG pulls up her socks. | |
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