Super Drill!

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
531
Date Released
6 Aug 1931
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 6
Summary
NoS Summary - girls of Harrogate College, Yorkshire, perform synchronised exercises.
British Pathe synopsis: Harrogate College, Yorkshire. "Trained to the last point - models of movement - " High angle shot of schoolgirls walking out on to a sports field. Various shots of the girls as they perform a synchronised routine which make patterns as they cross over each other as they walk. The girls stand in very straight lines. Shot of other schoolgirl observers. The girls perform a synchronised exercise routine lifting their arms in the air and to the sides. The girls then do lots of other exercises. They all wear black gymslips and white shirts. M/S of woman standing on the roof of part of the school shouting instructions through a megaphone. Other pupils watch from the windows. Girls make circles and perform more exercises. High angle shot of large group of spectators (mostly parents presumably) - most sit on chairs, others stand. Another shot of the girls exercising in circles.
Keywords
Education and training; Physical fitness and training; Youth
Locations
Yorkshire; England; Harrogate
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.219
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP219 Used for synopsis
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record

'Super Drill!', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 531, 6 Aug 1931. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/332785 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)