Champions All (1920 1929)

This item was originally stored in EP 205. Introductory title reads: It would take volumes to record the sporting achievements of Eve during the past year, but a glance at prominent champions shows the extraordinary range of woman s activities today. Flying Frau (rest of title obscured by timecode). Shots of Ms Fusbahn a woman aviator arriving somewhere in her plane and being handed a large bunch of flowers. A man looks at some kind of recording instrument presumably showing how high she has been in the air. L, S of Ms Fusbahn holding the flowers and her dog on a lead. Next up is M. E. Foster. She won the King s Prize at Bisley. M, S of Ms Foster with a basket over her arm. L, S of her starting a motorcycle and driving off. Our South African Olympic HighJumper, Miss Clark, topped Slow motion footage of high jump champion in action. In the Sculling World, Miss Innes, the Champion, shone L, S of a team of women rowers holding their blades. C, U of one of