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Childbirth as an athletic feat
About this film
A class of expectant mothers practise ante-natal exercises designed by Kathleen Vaughn 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. 2 segments.
Directors & creators
Wellcome Library
Subjects
Antenatal Care -- history, Exercise, Parturition, Pregnancy, Human Reproduction, Health care personnel. History of medicine.
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