Childbirth as an Athletic Feat (1939)
1939 · Short film · 8 min · dir. Kathleen Vaughan
- Documentary
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Kathleen Vaughan
- Released
- 1939-01-01
- Running time
- 8 minutes
- Language
- English
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Exercise
- Parturition
- Pregnancy
- Human Reproduction
- Health care personnel. History of medicine
Cast & crew
- Kathleen Vaughan Director