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13179_23068_women_in_sport2

1910s, 1920s, 1930s
B&W

Surveys the participation of women in sports from classical times to the present day.Women in military uniforms sit, stand information, and climb in and out of a trench. Male football players run toward the camera. Shots of a football game. A man white runs down a football field and does a double somersault over two men on their hands and knees. LS of an applauding crowd. Male football players wrestle. Female fencers practice. CU of a female archer firing, then turning and smiling at the camera. Various angles of women playing field hockey. Movie footage of a woman in a flapper outfit dancing with a man. Shots of a woman holding a parasol crosses between two builings on a highwire. A woman playing pool, leaning backwards over the table, trying different shots. A woman takes a shot from a traditional position.