The Fat Men’s Club Annual Outing (1924)

Paris, France. Title: “The FAT MEN’S CLUB ANNUAL OUTING ... but let the picture tell its own story“. M/S of lots of portly gentlemen cramming onto the back of a tram. Various shots of the tram passing the camera, the fat men wave. M/S of the fat men, with linked arms, dragging the tram up hill. M/S of the back of the tram, some men are still on board, others are pushing. M/S of fat men helping other fat men off the tram. Intertitle (for French version): “Le Club des ’Cent Kilogs’ fait en autobus l’ascension de Belleville. Trente cinq voyageurs pesant ensemble pres de 5 tonnes prennent d’assaut le vehicule ...“ (the rest is obscured by the timecode). Various shots of twenty or so fat men standing on the steps of a civic building. The fat men rush on board a tram and then waving out of the windows and from the back. More shots of the tram filled with fat men driving around the Paris streets. Intertitle(for French version): “Rue de Belleville, quelques voyageurs furent contraints de des