The Cross Country Girls (1933)

A hundred years ago, Eve s skirts were a hundred inches round the hem, and running a lost art (shot missing). Today, the crinoline is the lost article and running shorts the vogue Panning shot of girls in running shorts and sports tops. They have their arms around each other and smile for the camera. M, S of girls running past the camera this might be a paper chase rather than an ordinary cross country run. They run towards the camera. On the road over the fences it s all the same to these athletic Eves L, S of women hurdlers they approach the camera in a hurdling race. Closer shot of the girls as they jump the hurdles we see this in slow motion. M, S of the girls as they break the tape. M, S of cross country runners jumping over a ditch. Seen in real time, then in slow motion. More shots of the girls as they jump over a low fence again in slow motion. Was an item in Eve s Film Review issue number 615. FILM ID:974. 2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLIN