Childbirth as an Athletic Feat (1939)
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✎ Suggest a correctionA class of expectant mothers practise ante-natal exercises designed by Kathleen Vaughan at Paddington (LCC Hospital), London. The purpose of each exercise is explained by intertitles prior to the footage. One of the women is a former ballerina in her 34th week of pregnancy - she is frequently singled out to demonstrate the poses and at the end of the film she does a small ballet performance. Find out more: http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b1666066~S3
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A class of expectant mothers practise ante-natal exercises designed by Kathleen Vaughan at Paddington (LCC Hospital), London. The purpose of each exercise is explained by intertitles prior to the footage. One of the women is a former ballerina in her 34th week of pregnancy - she is frequently singled out to demonstrate the poses and at the end of the film she does a small ballet performance. Find out more: http://catalogue.wellcomelibrary.org/record=b1666066~S3
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- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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