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  • Short Summary

    Waitresses compete against each other in various sporting events.

  • Description

    Sudbury - could be Middlesex or Suffolk. "Nowadays, nothing stops our "nippy" girl friends - " M/S of girls in sports clothes tackling an obstacle course. They climb ropes, squeeze through barrels, grab apples from buckets with their teeth, etc. C/U of the spectators - seems like almost all women, some smoking. "Even hurdles can't - " A hurdles race is shown - some footage in slow motion.

    "If you want to slow Adam down a bit, try "Sack Rugger". Men with their legs in sacks have a game of Rugby. Shots of the game and of spectators. "But, the real feminine tussle appears when the tug-of-war opens." M/S of a group of women pulling on a rope. We then see the other teams pulling on the rope. Various shots of the tug of war. M/S of the girls relaxing after their exertions. One of the girls is spitting out some liquid she has drunk.

    Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 581.

    Note: "Nippy" or "nippies" refers to Lyons Corner House waitresses.

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    Film ID:
    964.10
    Media URN:
    17469
    Group:
    Eve pictorials
    Archive:
    British Pathé
    Issue Date:
    21/07/1932
    Sound:
    Mute
    HD Format:
    Available on request
    Stock:
    Black & White
    Duration:
    00:03:24:00
    Time in/Out:
    01:24:08:00 / 01:27:32:00
    Canister:
    EP 242

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  1. Unknown user says

    Again, think this is the Lyons sport centre at Sudbury Hill, Greater London.

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