The Youngest Bathing Belle
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 6 / 7
- Summary
- NoS Summary - A very young girl, Marjorie Best, is shown swimming and diving.
British Pathe synopsis: "Meet Marjorie Best - just 2 and a half years of age, but with the courage of a twenty-year old -" The little girl is dangled by the arms off the edge of a swimming pool then dropped in. She starts swimming - she has arm bands or similar floats. Various shots of Marjorie as she swims. She stops and puts her head back. A man helps her out of the pool. She stands on the pool edge and applauds. "Marjorie has her own way of diving - but then she’s only two-and-a-half!" Marjorie walks out to the end of the diving board and steps off. A crowd of people watch from the edge of the pool. The man helps her out of the pool. - Keywords
- Children; Swimming; Water sports
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- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.246
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP246
National Film Archive Catalogue
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How to cite this record
'The Youngest Bathing Belle', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 591, 29 Sep 1932. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/333065 (Accessed 28 Feb 2025)