Overweight!

Series

Series Name
Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue

Issue No.
656
Date Released
28 Dec 1933
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
1 / 5
Summary
NoS Summary - obese man is subjected to various bizarre exercise regimes
British Pathe synopsis: "Nothing the Inquisition ever thought of equals the efficiency of the modern "Reducing Expert!" M/S of a man in a contraption which forces rollers over his flesh. He stands with his arms in the air and the rollers move up and down. Another contraption is demonstrated. A vibrating belt which is placed around the waist. A muscular man stands by presumably telling the man about how thin this will make him. Various views of the man undergoing these reducing treatments. "Weapons for the man who is fighting a weary and increasing shadow!" The large man sits astride a bucking bronco type device which he rides like a horse. A sign on the wall reads: "Gymnasium and Lander Department". Another view of him riding the automatic horse. "Please don’t laugh - this is a very sad affair!" The man bounces up and down on the "horse" - he laughs. M/S of the man sparring with a dummy. The dummy is presumably attached to the floor as it bounces back when the man punches it.
Keywords
Health and medicine; Physical fitness and training
Written sources
Pathe Inventory File   Tin No.275
British Pathe Database 1997   Reference No.EP275
National Film Archive Catalogue
Credits:
Production Co.
British Pathe Ltd.

This series is held by:

Film Archive

Name
British Film Institute (BFI)
Email
For BFI National Archive enquiries:
nonfictioncurators@bfi.org.uk
For commercial/footage reuse enquiries:
footage.films@bfi.org.uk
Web
http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web
Phone
020 7255 1444
Fax
020 7580 7503
Address
21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
Notes
The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
Series held
View all series held by British Film Institute (BFI)
Name
British Pathe Ltd
Email
info@britishpathe.com
Web
https://www.britishpathe.com/
Phone
0207 665 8340
Address
3.29 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE
Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
Series held
View all series held by British Pathe Ltd

How to cite this record

'Overweight!', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 656, 28 Dec 1933. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/333347 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)