Swingball (1930)

Here s a new Continental way of girth control. The recipe two girls and a High angle shot of eight girls using this new device to firm up their waists it isn t the swingball we know from the 1970s The girls each hold one end of a rope with the ball suspended between them. They swing it around and their partner jumps over it (looks a bit dangerous ) Various shots of the girls exercising. Particularly good low angle shot of two girls on a hillside with this contraption. A course of this swingball treatment will make dancing exercises We then see the girls doing exercises to music (there is a gramophone on the ground in front of them). They swing their legs around high in the air. They wear Grecian style tunics. We get a good view of the teacher s knickers Low angle shots of the girls exercising. Was an item in Pathe Pictorial issue number 470. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PA