| THAT TROUSER COMPLEX Women Wear Trousers for Work & Sports | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6763 |
| Catalog #: | 434226 | |
| Clip Number: | 434226-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 207 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Various | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FASHION: Women's | |
| Description: | THAT TROUSER COMPLEX One of those stories on changing times for women. This one is about modern women wearing trousers and shorts. Starts w/ scene in Champery, Switzerland: women walking up & down village street, all wearing trousers and carrying sticks; one is leading a workhorse away. MCU 2 of these women pose for camera- -one young, the other middle-aged. Woman construction worker being lowered on a board seat from beam above; can see houses and trees of town below in BG. Shot from high looking down at construction site. Trousers also useful for breaking a horse. MLS woman in jodhpurs training young horse; she holds tightly to rope while horse rears up, backs away, shakes head, etc. This may be first time he's had on a bridle & saddle. Wider shot of the woman & horse in middle of pasture. Finally the horse starts running around her in a circle and she gives him more rope. LS woman now mounted on horse which is dancing around, still struggling. Next, athletic girls in shorts. LS girls in cross-country race jumping over hedge & running on to left. Girls' football (soccer) team in a row w/ arms round each other's shoulders. They run straight at camera, all smiling. Shot of the football players in action. | |
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