Summary

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A girl sitting at dressing table putting on makeup She is Lillian Southcote, the strongest girl of her age in the country As she walks on the stage, images of highland games sports change Lillian exercises for a while before her father and another man appear on stage Lillian bends metal bar with her neck Then she takes the bar and bends it even more Lillian takes deck of playing cards and cuts it in half, then she breaks a steel chain connected at one end to her feet and at the other to her neck Lillian standing between two men holding two ropes they are pulling - she remains unmoved

Source British Pathé
Title STRONG GIRL
Description Location unknown

A girl sitting at dressing table putting on makeup She is Lillian Southcote, the strongest girl of her age in the country As she walks on the stage, images of highland games sports change Lillian exercises for a while before her father and another man appear on stage Lillian bends metal bar with her neck Then she takes the bar and bends it even more Lillian takes deck of playing cards and cuts it in half, then she breaks a steel chain connected at one end to her feet and at the other to her neck Lillian standing between two men holding two ropes they are pulling - she remains unmoved
Archive British Pathe
Duration 00:01:57:00
Stock Black & White
Sound Sound
Film ID 125617

Keywords

strongmen women Lillian Southcote keep fit cosmetics strength highland games quirky
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