Sidewalk Sights (1929)
No title. Introductory intertitle reads: What with all the walks and walkers in the Big City, it s tough to be a pup nowadays followed by a puppy s eye view of the feet of a large number of pedestrians. Various shots of feet and legs (mostly women s) as people walk past the camera. A lovely old pram is pushed past the camera. All sorts of striders some jaunty some jogging old and young, confident and nervous, and all queerlooking under our slow Camera Slow motion footage of women s feet. Nice shoes and stockings A child in ankle socks walks close to the camera. Various people walk past. M, S of a few flamingos walking along in a zoo enclosure presumably as a contrast. Intertitle reads: A human river, a living striding threat to every pup without ears and eyes on every More legs and feet. C, U of a man s feet. He puts a tiny bird on the ground in front of him. He puts another down they look like mechanical birds. Note: nice to show everyday shoe fashio
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