Action in Slow Motion (1943)

Genre

documentary film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

3 min

Rating

1.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent short film from the 1940s that shows slow-motion footage of a nude woman moving. The film has no credits and its maker is unknown.

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What happens

Action in Slow Motion is 1943? British silent short film. Aside from its title frame, the film has no credits, so its author and production information are unknown. The British Film Institute BFIplayer page states that it was "probably shot in the 1940s", while the BFI Collections Search gives 1943." The only known print of this film was gifted to the BFI, and is notable as an early depiction of full frontal female nudity in British cinema. It was often described as an "art film" to dispute that it was outright pornography. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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