Participation of women in sport - Feminine Fitness 1941
Feminine Fitness
Reference: Broadcast film showing women replacing men in different sports during World War II.
Film description: 1) Regular Girls: General views of several women playing golf; practicing archery and arrow shooting; playing tennis; jumping from trampoline in the pool of the Beverly Hills Hotel; Skating on ice rink; fishing; and sliding on the water through boards that are thrown by a boat in the river, one of the women is also seen falling off the board. 2) Spartan Sisters: General views of several women participating in a bullet launch tournament; high jump; discus throw; javelin throw; And I jump long. 3) Pedal Pushers: General views of a coach preparing women in a gym, before the race to be played for the National Women's Cycling Championship (Amateur Bicycle League America). General views of one of the participants training in the gym with a stationary bike. General views of the start, where they must take a 5 mile journey. Race sequences and fall of some participants. Close-ups of the winner reaching the final goal. 4) Ball Tossers: General views of a women's basketball game, where the Steno of Tulsa, Oklahoma state. 5) Diamond Demons: Close-ups of a luminous poster where it is written: Madison SQ. Garden - Girls softball to night - Double Header Roverettes vs. Americanettes - Proxing Mon. Oct. 2nd. Very short sequences of a women's softball game at Madison SQ. Garden during the night. General views of a female baseball practice, in an outdoor stadium during the day. 6) Gridiron Glamor: General views of a women's football game, where the Trojans participate. 7) Weaker Sex: General views of a female wrestling show in the ring. General views of the public watching the fight. 8) Match 'Em Young. General views of babies lying on a mat.
Date: 1941
Duration: 9 minutes 24 seconds
Film code: D-00194
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Reference: Broadcast film showing women replacing men in different sports during World War II.
Film description: 1) Regular Girls: General views of several women playing golf; practicing archery and arrow shooting; playing tennis; jumping from trampoline in the pool of the Beverly Hills Hotel; Skating on ice rink; fishing; and sliding on the water through boards that are thrown by a boat in the river, one of the women is also seen falling off the board. 2) Spartan Sisters: General views of several women participating in a bullet launch tournament; high jump; discus throw; javelin throw; And I jump long. 3) Pedal Pushers: General views of a coach preparing women in a gym, before the race to be played for the National Women's Cycling Championship (Amateur Bicycle League America). General views of one of the participants training in the gym with a stationary bike. General views of the start, where they must take a 5 mile journey. Race sequences and fall of some participants. Close-ups of the winner reaching the final goal. 4) Ball Tossers: General views of a women's basketball game, where the Steno of Tulsa, Oklahoma state. 5) Diamond Demons: Close-ups of a luminous poster where it is written: Madison SQ. Garden - Girls softball to night - Double Header Roverettes vs. Americanettes - Proxing Mon. Oct. 2nd. Very short sequences of a women's softball game at Madison SQ. Garden during the night. General views of a female baseball practice, in an outdoor stadium during the day. 6) Gridiron Glamor: General views of a women's football game, where the Trojans participate. 7) Weaker Sex: General views of a female wrestling show in the ring. General views of the public watching the fight. 8) Match 'Em Young. General views of babies lying on a mat.
Date: 1941
Duration: 9 minutes 24 seconds
Film code: D-00194
Copyright Archivo DiFilm - Queries for footage
difilm@sinectis.com.ar - http://www.difilm-argentina.com
More videos and information at: https://www.facebook.com/difilm or Follow us at: https://twitter.com/archivodifilm