Juckes: Soroptimist Convention, Copenhagen 1952

Summary

Film shot by Birmingham business woman, Florence Juckes at the Soroptimist International Association Convention, held in Copenhagen, Denmark from 10 to 16 August 1952.

Year:

1952

Duration:

0:17:02

Film type:

Colour / Silent

Genre:

Home Movie

Company:

Master format:

16mm

Description

The film has descriptive intertitles throughout (some of which are later additions as they refer to presidents of the organisation up to 1960).

View of Copenhagen harbour and the statue of the Little Mermaid. Exterior of the Odd Fellow Palace. Shots of women arriving for the convention. Views of flamingos at the zoological gardens, views of Hotel D'Angleterre. Series of shots showing various women from the convention posing for the camera either individually or in groups with inter-titles giving names and role within the organisation. The named subjects are: Dr Violet Parkes, S.G. Lange, Clara Hammerich, Elsie M. Fenton, Mary Barratt Due, L. Grace Nicholls, D. Warner, M.F. Adams, Elizabeth Hawes, H.L.M. Gibbs, D. Johnson and Dr Parimal Das of UNESCO. Brief shots of local children and a view of the Town Hall and square and Palace Hotel.

The next section shows a group of Australian Soroptimists in London enroute to the 1956 New York convention. Several of the woman are named (we may be back in Copenhagen for these final shots): F.K. Rutter, Gertrude G. Huitt, Violent V. Parkes, Mrs Wolfhagen, Maud Smith, and M.M. Garot.


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