The Tele Skater Girls

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
407
Date Released
23 Mar 1929
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 6
Summary
NoS Summary - Girls roller skating around a telephone exchange in Los Angeles.
British Pathe synopsis: Girls working in a telephone exchange in Los Angeles wear roller skates to get around. C/U of lines being connected then a long shot of the exchange where two women skate up and down connecting and disconnecting calls. Various shots of the girls at work. A different angle reveals in the foreground four seated telephone operators who are taking the calls that the roller skating operators assign to them.
Keywords
Sport; Entertainment and leisure; Women; Employment
Written sources
Kinematograph Weekly   28 March 1929 p53.
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.108
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP108 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record

'The Tele Skater Girls', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 407, 23 Mar 1929. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332125 (Accessed 12 May 2025)