Jill Day’s Gym (1956)

Earls Court, London. M/S of a girl working out in a gym under supervision of a man (personal trainer). High angle shot of the same girl exercising. C/U shot of man’s face. Woman is Jill Day (pop singer and actress) and a man is her partner and trainer Rusty Hood, former PTI in the Australian Navy. Jill has been training for several years and she (and an increasing number of women) find weight training a great way to lose weight, gain weight or simply keep fit. Several shots of Ms Day exercising with weights. Ms May has decided to open her own gym and it proved popular with her colleagues and other attractive men. Canadian actor Lee Paterson is seen bare chested, exercising with weights. Robert Brown, less fit and with more clothes on, is shown working out too. M/S of two breath taking, muscly, sexy young men working out with weights. One is James Lawrie, Mister East of Scotland and another, South African Johnny Isaacs, a runner-up in the Mister Universe Competition. They wear only underwear so that their bodies are displayed. Great bodies! Wall behind them is covered in pinup girls - what else! Perfect macho image of the 50’s. M/S of Ms Day coming to admire the guys. C/U shot of Ms Day’s hand feeling Johnny’s biceps is followed by C/U shot of her very pleased face. Note: Mute and Track neg for this story are missing. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.