Likestilling i hoppbakken

Hoppsporten ser ut til å være en av de siste arenaene som mener kvinner ikke skal få konkurrere på siden av sine mannlige kolleger. De fikk ikke delta i OL i Vancouver, og i VM i Oslo neste år får de ikke hoppe i den nye Kollen. #

På fotballbanen er man heldigvis kommet litt lengre. I 1921 ville det engelske fotballforbundet forby kvinnefotball. Det førte selvsagt til store protester, og denne filmen ble laget. Fra nettsiden: #

Topical Budget (the great British newsreel that ran from 1911-31) here presents a light-hearted item on the Football Association’s proposed ban on women’s football. #

Women’s football was extremely popular in the 1920s. Indeed, on Boxing Day 1920, 53,000 fans packed into Goodison Park to watch the Dick, Kerr’s Ladies beat the St Helens Ladies 4-0. #

It’s hard to tell whether or not this news item supported the ban, though its cameraman clearly enjoyed observing the players in their knitted kit undergoing a rigorous exercise regime. And keep your eyes peeled for a very dodgy-looking chap in tweeds and a Hitler moustache. (Robin Baker) #

For more information about Topical Budget newsreels see Screen Online. #

You can watch almost 1000 other complete films and TV programmes free of charge at the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank #

They look fit enough indeed #

(HT: The Guardian)
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