In the land of nudists (1936)

Movie №65960, 3 parts B/W
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Reel №1

USA. The film was made by the International Nudist Society to promote nudism /the cult of the naked human body for health purposes/.

Statements by cultural figures in favor of nudism.

Photos of nudists in a magazine.

They are on the beach, at tables.

Nudism as a phenomenon has been around since ancient times.

An African tribe is dancing around a fire.

Children are dancing, adults are clapping for them.

Various scenes from everyday life.

A tribe is going hunting.

Types of natives.

African women.

Half-naked women dancing.

Among the peoples of Oceania.

A street market.

Cockfights.

Women, naked to the waist, carry various loads on their heads.

Women with children.

A woman wraps coca leaves.

A girl puts a scarf on her head and ties it at the back.

A scene in a harem.

Four women dance, first dressed, then half-naked.

Dances of the natives of the island of Samoa, Hawaii.

A man dances in a circle of women.

A loving couple on the shore, rubbing noses /local kiss/

Keywords

USA, propaganda, beach, nudism, Africa, nudism, hunting, women, children, entertainment, population, bazaar, natives

Reel №2

USA. Cover of an African magazine from 1935. Headline: "The World's Land of Nudism".

Photo of a naked girl.

View of New York from the sea.

Dramatized story of a couple.

A woman is preparing dinner for her husband, she is hot.

She shows her husband a telegram about a friend's request to come to Portland for 2-3 days.

Betty comes to her friend Mary in the hospital and tells her about a private nudist club.

Picture: A private club located in the forest, entry to outsiders is prohibited.

Behind the fence is a nudist camp.

A naked girl enters the ward, wakes up her friend, they join the men at the table, have breakfast.

The voices of a man and a woman doing various household chores.

Playing cards in a clearing.

A man is lying in a hammock, reading a newspaper.

A woman sneaks up on him, pours water on him, then drags him to the river.

Women wash children.

A group of nudists are doing the exterior design of a house.

Men chop wood, then saw it.

A tree falls.

Women help them clear the tree of branches.

Bathing in the river, playing in the water.

A night fire.

Betty at her friend's in the hospital

Keywords

USA, nudists, nudism, propaganda, literature, press, photo, women, children, entertainment, forest, mail, personalities, river, medicine

Reel №3

USA. Girlfriends go to a nudist camp together, go to the office, sign a form.

They are at the camp.

Several days pass.

Meanwhile, the husband, puzzled by the absence of his wife, calls his friend at the hospital and finds out that she is not there either.

He is having lunch and accidentally sees an article about a nudist camp and a photo of his wife in the newspaper.

He goes to Portland and tries to find his wife.

Betty persuades him to join the nudist society too.

Naked men and women on the seashore.

Betty draws on the beach, her husband joins her.

Nudists relax.

A man shoots a bow.

Girls run along the beach.

The film ends with an appeal to join the ranks of nudists

Keywords

USA, nudism, nudists, rest, public organizations, women, sea, entertainment, family, press, photo

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