Childbirth as an athletic feat.

Date:
1939
  • Film

About this work

Description

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.

Publication/Creation

England : Kinocrat medical film unit, 1939.

Physical description

1 film reel (8 min.) : black and white, 16 mm

Copyright note

Copyright previously held by British Medical Association and assigned to Wellcome in 2005

Creator/production credits

Produced by Kathleen Vaughan

Type/Technique

Languages

Where to find it

  • LocationStatusAccess
    Closed stores
    RSM070
    By appointmentManual request

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