Obstacles Filmed At Sudbury (1932)

Sudbury could be Middlesex or Suffolk. Nowadays, nothing stops our nippy girl friends M, S of girls in sports clothes tackling an obstacle course. They climb ropes, squeeze through barrels, grab apples from buckets with their teeth, etc. C, U of the spectators seems like almost all women, some smoking. Even hurdles can t A hurdles race is shown some footage in slow motion. If you want to slow Adam down a bit, try Sack Rugger. Men with their legs in sacks have a game of Rugby. Shots of the game and of spectators. But, the real feminine tussle appears when the tugofwar M, S of a group of women pulling on a rope. We then see the other teams pulling on the rope. Various shots of the tug of war. M, S of the girls relaxing after their exertions. One of the girls is spitting out some liquid she has drunk. Was an item in Eve s Film Review issue number 581. Note: Nippy or nippies refers to Lyons Corner House waitresses. FILM ID:964. 1 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATH