| SHADOW SHRINKING Various keep fit routines are demonstrated - some amusing acrobatics. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6731 | |
| Catalog #: | 429919 | |
| Clip Number: | 429919-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 99 | |
| Timecode: | 01:28:30 - 01:29:58 | |
| Location: | United Kingdom | |
| Year Shot: | 1929 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEAUTY CULTURE: Weight Loss / Slimming LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK SPORTS: Women SPORTS/PHYSICAL FITNESS: Calisthenics | |
| Description: | SHADOW SHRINKING Girls' Acrobatic Exercises Beauty Expert tells us via titles that "no girl need ever put on too much weight." They go on to demonstrate a strenuous exercise routine using acrobatic skills. MS pan on shapely legs of girls in short shorts standing in a row. MLS the girls stand at the barre (shot from shoulders down) and do leg lifts bringing the toe to the opposite knee, then extending the leg. like in ballet. MLS one girl stands in center of floor, does a backbend then lowers her back to the floor; another girl comes and balances upside down w/ her legs in the splits on the first girl's knees and outstretched hands. Next, group of girls walk across the floor to rt. while in backbend position- -sometimes called "crabwalk". Funny shot w/ camera held low near floor- -2 of the young women approaching in this manner. Next exercise requires a bit of acrobatic skill: one at a time the girls sit down on the floor, quickly roll back bringing their legs up over their heads, then suddenly flip forward onto their feet in a squatting position. . Finally, MLS 3 girls in backbend position but running in place, kicking their legs high into the air above their torsos. Shot of same from other side. They finish the exercise by bringing their legs on over and standing up. | |
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