Girls’ Sports (1928)

Girls’ Sports at Twickenham, Middlesex; 1928. Hurdles races in slow-motion; like a study of movement. Various angles; side view is very interesting. Teenagers. Next; high jump; also in slow-mo. Running races; a bit shown slow; then a relay race at normal speed. Race for little girls; aged about 5-6. Their mothers run to them as they come over the finishing line. Finally; end of a running race for girls aged about 10-12. Note: this was originally ON 315 C. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 t