Girl Lifesavers Parade (1953)

Maroubra, Australia. Excerpt from commentary - girls from metropolitan and country surf clubs hold their 1st carnival at Maroubra, usually 5,000 attend mens surf carnivals but today 8,000 are here. There are 300 girls (women) in the march past. They don’t only look decorative either! They can save lives - and what a pleasure for a drowning man. CU. Contestants. LS. GV. Lifesavers marching along beach. MS. The Manly contingent marching past. LS. GV. March past. (Comb. F.G.) Note: it is a good example of (apparently) unconsciously patronising pre feminist commentary. 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