| PLAYING ADAM'S GAME Women Footballers Exercise, Box, Ride etc. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6706 | |
| Catalog #: | 371730 | |
| Clip Number: | 371730-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 20 | |
| Timecode: | 01:36:08 - 01:37:36 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK SPORTS: Women SPORTS/SOCCER: Misc | |
| Description: | PLAYING ADAM'S GAME The Dick Kerr Women's Football (soccer) Team in training, 1920s. Young women in uniforms do knee-bend exercises on field. The women playing leapfrog. Line of women crouched in pre-sprint position, then start of race across football field. Women running past on field. 3 girls riding one bicycle across the grass. MS 2 women in a clinch during boxing match. LS more of the match, teammates stand behind watching. These girls are not holding back a bit, they're really hitting each other hard! LS one girl helps another girl to mount a horse, while man in tweeds stands holding the horse. The girl rides the horse around the field while the others stand in a circle throwing soccer ball around. Not sure what training purpose some of these activities have but the idea is to show how tough the girls are. Sports, calesthenics, games | |
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