TAIPING SWIMMING CLUB 1

This film is held by the Imperial War Museum (ID: MGH 6152).

Synopsis

Colonel Hodgkinson and friends - poolside at the Taiping Swimming Club, Malaysia.

A sign on a fence reads 'No Dogs Allowed'. Shot of a dog looking up, cut to a sign and swimming pool entrance. A British man (Hodgkinson?) holds dog up to sign and points at it. "But I'm not a dog. I'm a ..." The man puts the dog down and shoos him away. A group of people including a small boy pulling a toy car walk along a path. Shot of the boy and toy, the boy enters the gate to the swimming pool. A maid helps him undress. A sign reads 'T.S.C. Ladies Dressing Rooms'. A close-up on ladies' legs in changing room cubicles. The first closes the cubicle doors, the second removes her shoes and another garment then retreats into the cubicle. A man stands in front of a mirror combing his hair. He holds the small boy up to the mirror so he can brush his hair, they walk out to the swimming pool. The boy looks out over the pool. Shot of a woman at poolside. The boy wanders off. He finds his dog outside. Father spots the boy. The dog runs off. "The Waterfall Pool" Shots of a waterfall. A woman trying to stand upright under it. A man in an all-in-one suit walks under the waterfall. Shot of a woman standing in front of the waterfall then swimming in a pool. "The Shute Pool" Shots of people sliding down a chute into the pool, others sitting at poolside. A close-up on a man's face. Slow-motion shot of a man sliding down the chute. Close-up of the man's face. More people on the chute, some in slow motion. Shot of people on the chute in reverse. "The Babies' Pool" Young woman holds a small child on the chute and pushes him/her on a swing in the pool. "The Main Pool" General shots of the swimming pool. Group of Brits pose for the camera in their swimming costumes, people get pushed into the pool. People on the diving board. Children on the diving board. Slow-motion shot of a woman diving, people in the pool, another slow-motion dive, people at poolside, more slow-motion dives and normal speed. Diving, one person on each board in triangle. Diving in a line. Man asleep on diving board, man sneaks up and pushes him in. Man with white towel around his shoulders runs along the board and dives in. Three women at poolside. Man swimming lengths of small pool. Close-up of a man swimming breast stroke. A group of people chatting near the pool.

Notes

Allocated Title taken from Hodgkinson's original can markings.

Date: unknown, reel on AGFA film, but likely to be in mid-late thirties, at a similar time to reel 2 (MGH 6153).

Technical: original/copy status of film not marked.

 

Titles

  • TAIPING SWIMMING CLUB 1 (Allocated)
Series Title:
COLONEL HODGKINSON AMATEUR FILM
 

Technical Data

Year:
1933
Running Time:
16 minutes
Film Gauge (Format):
16mm
Colour:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
 

Production Credits

Production Countries:
GB
cameraman
Hodgkinson, Frank Outram (Lieutenant-Colonel)