The Pebbles On The Beach - Two Minutes With The Girls From The New Palladium Revue - London (1925)

Chorus girls from the New Palladium Revue. “First, of course, the “pebbles“ have to land on the beach - “ Low angle of large number of chorus girls in day wear running down a hill towards the camera. They hold hands. “The ’Sky High’ girls they called themselves (At any rate they nearly “high-kicked“ the sky.)“ L/S of a row of the girls doing high kicks on the beach. It doesn’t look too warm, they are wearing jumpers and cloche hats. “Ozone is so bracing - “ L/S of the girls kicking away. They then hop on one leg, twirling the other around in the air. M/S of four of the girls doing high kicks - a woman in the foreground may be the choreographer. They do the splits. The choreographer beats time. Some of the girls have a paddle. A few are brave enough to actually swim! Some of the girls do cartwheels on the beach. “The slow-camera took a longer look - “ Slow motion footage of a couple of the girls doing cartwheels and then dancing - jumping up into the air. Slow motion footage of a line of