Uncle Sam’s Girl ‘Hikers’
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- 1 / 6
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- NoS Summary - American girls go on a camping holiday hiking and bathing.
NoS synopsis: Filmed in the United States of America. Introductory intertitle reads: "Once upon a time it was thought that motors would eventually almost deprive our American cousins of their legs (except the Chorus Girls and Film Stars). Nowadays, however, hundreds go "hiking." -" L/S of group of hikers running towards the camera through a wood. They are youngish girls in some kind of uniform - probably girl guides. "Enjoying the great outdoors, far from the maddening crowd -" M/S of older girls - walking along, they have blankets or sleeping bags strapped over their shoulders. The girls walk along a beach. "Daughters who go near the water -" M/S of lots of the girls in their swimsuits climbing into small rowing boats. Various shots of the girls in the boats and other girls wading into the water for a swim. It looks like a lake. Girls jump into the water from a dock. They swim towards the camera. "This is when food tastes good!" The girls gather around a fire cooking sausages or marshmallows. C/U of girls holding frying pans over the fire and flipping pancakes. C/U of girl sitting on a tree stump eating and smiling. - Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.196
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP196
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
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- Length of story (in feet)
- 163
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How to cite this record
'Uncle Sam’s Girl ‘Hikers’', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 485, 18 Sep 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332529 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)