Mechanical Maids (1930)

"This is the age of mechanical proficiency for the fair sex - Eve today doesn't mind side-stepping the milliner for robot-like creations like this - " C/U of woman putting on a motorcycle helmet. She smiles broadly. "The average girl's acquaintance with a motor cycle rarely exceeded the pillion seat - now she wants the whole M/S of woman tinkering with a large motorbike. We see the woman and her "tricky track riding" in slow motion. Short item - probably incomplete. Was an item in Eve's Film Review issue number 470. FILM 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 (