Roof Top "P.T." (Filmed on Adelaide House)
Series
- Series Name
- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 5
- Summary
- NoS Summary - Women exercise on roof of London building led by Mr Dell.
NoS synopsis: "On one of London’s tallest office buildings, where the air is fresh and breezy." L/S of Adelaide House in London. M/S of group of women in day clothes doing keep fit exercises on the roof of the building. The Thames and Tower Bridge can be seen in the background. A man dressed in white tends to the gramophone. There are plants on the roof - a roof garden. Various shots of the bending and stretching exercises. "These are good exercises for golfers", explained Mr Dell, the P.T. Instructor." M/S of a woman exercising whilst holding golf clubs. M/S of women exercising with tops of London buildings in the background. Monument seen in the background. "Nearly 150 feet up in the air - overlooking the busy City." The girls touch their toes. - Researcher Comments
- A handwritten shot list is present in the Pathé boxfile.
- Keywords
- Physical fitness and training
- Locations
- London; England
- Footage sources
- Pathe
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.197
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No. EP197
Pathe Eve 473-493 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
- Credits:
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- Production Co.
- British Pathe Ltd.
- Length of story (in feet)
- 135
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How to cite this record
'Roof Top "P.T." (Filmed on Adelaide House)', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 487, 2 Oct 1930. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332541 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)