| THAT RESTLESS SPIRIT contrasts the ladylike woman of yesteryear with the high kicking Cochran Young Lady. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6715 | |
| Catalog #: | 372820 | |
| Clip Number: | 372820-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 32 | |
| Timecode: | 01:50:19 - 01:52:50 | |
| Location: | Great Britain | |
| Year Shot: | 1926 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | BEHAVIOR, HUMAN: Gender roles ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Theatrical FADS AND TRENDS: 1920s FASHION: Historical (Pre 1900) LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK | |
| Description: | THAT RESTLESS SPIRIT Compares demure women of yesteryear to wild flappers in the roaring 20s. Woman in Victorian dress walks through garden carrying parasol and basket of flowers. Modern girls playing badminton underneath Liverpool Street Station; shot from platform on one side of net. Slow motion of badminton game. LS the Victorian maiden cutting roses w/ shears. Couple of dancers from the "Cochran Revue" doing a wild dance, accompanied by band, on board boat; other people around the edge of the floor dance in place, clap their hands to the beat, etc. Closer shot of group of dancers on boat: men and women, nearly all wearing swimsuits; one woman in FG walks on her hands, kicking her feet, while others form a kickline behind her and all advance toward camera. Title: "Great-Grandma would have passed away if this footwork had drifted into view ---". 6 women in bathing suits dance toward camera, doing fast steps; cam. is held low so as they get near films CU of their legs dancing. Cool shot shown inside oval picture frame, of woman acrobat in FG doing a series of backward walkovers, while 4 other young women stand on rail in BG (holding onto a bar overhead) w/ legs held up, kicking from the knee. | |
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