Man Exercises Aka Old Soldier - J C Childs - Exercises Issue Title Is Believe It Or Not (1940)

Part of BELIEVE IT OR NOT issue. Location of events unknown. Various shots of World War One veteran Mr J C Childs doing physical exercises in his garden - he is very flexible. He attributes his fitness to the exercises which he devised himself after being discharged as unfit after the battle of Mons in 1914. He wears shorts and T-shirt - he looks good considering he is 62 years old. Various C/Us of old photographs of youthful Mr C in his army uniform. FILM ID: 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 (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to t
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