Miss M E Foster (1930)

Full titles read: “And now ’Pathetone’ has a word or two with - Miss M.E. Foster - The first Markswoman in the Empire to win the King’s Prize at Bisley.“ (new title) “Down in Frimley Green, near Bisley, we found Miss Foster, busy in her poultry farm - “. Frimley Green, Surrey. M/S of rifle shooter Miss M E Foster, dressed in a rather mannish style, feeding chickens on her farm. She sits on the ground amongst the chickens. A man off camera asks her how she came to take up rifle shooting. She replies that as a child she was not very strong, so was drilled and became so strong her father thought it was a good idea to take up shooting. She says she thinks her success in winning the King’s Prize at Bisley was due mostly to luck. M/S of Miss Foster walking about a wooded area with a basket over her arm. The interviewer asks (from off-camera) how she finds the time to run her farm and practice. She says rifle-shooting doesn’t need much practice, so she just does some on Saturday afternoons. M/S of Mi
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