Housewife Cyclist (1956)

Isleworth, Middlesex. M, S of Eileen Sheridan at home, sitting in a chair and feeding her baby while her 9yearold son, Clive, kneels at her feet. Eileen puts the baby back in the cot while commentator tells us she is no ordinary woman; In addition to her household duties she finds the time to be a champion professional cyclist. M, S in Eileen s garage as her husband sets a bicycle on a speed testing machine and holds it steady while Eileen gets on and starts to pedal. Various shots of her cycling on the bike as her husband times her. M, S of Clive sitting on the floor in the house, polishing one of Eileen s silver trophies; several others are spread out on the floor M, S of Eileen and husband in the garage, as she does some weightlifting very energetically Note: on file is correspondence from Eileen and a news article about her from Reveille. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS