| GIRL FOOTABALLERS Female football team, the Heartthrobs, play against schoolboys to preserve male pride! | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6110 |
| Catalog #: | 503608 | |
| Clip Number: | 503608-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | CP 334 | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:53 - 01:51:34 | |
| Location: | Whitley Bay, Northumberland. | |
| Year Shot: | 1961 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England SPORTS: Women SPORTS/SOCCER: Misc | |
| Description: | GIRL FOOTABALLERS Female football team, the Heartthrobs, play against schoolboys to preserve male pride! Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Opening shot shows women on police motorbikes weaving in and out of bollards. Commentator talks of the "so-called weaker sex" and "how far they've invaded man's territory". C/U of a girl smiling; pan down to show she is wearing a white top and shorts; the latter have a red heart sewn on one leg. Nice shots of girls putting on their boots and shin guards as commentator tells us they are part of a football team called 'Heartthrobs'. M/Ss of their opposing team, some boys from Monkseaton County Secondary School. The condescending tone of the commentator continues: "At least there's no risk to man's prestige in a match like this; if the girls win there's a perfect get-out - after all, they're only schoolboys!". Various shots of the game on a playing field; some boys on the sidelines cheer. M/S of the Heartthrobs' manager, Miss Iris Mitchell (on the right), with unidentified female supporter. Nice M/S of some boys, one on a bike, watching intently. | |
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