Bathing Beauties & Fencing at Miami Beach 1939 Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol 5 No 2

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Promotional newsreel featuring models at Miami, Florida.

'FLORIDA WOMAN'S FENCING CHAMPION SHOWS HOW TO KEEP FIT...

Title Card: "Clash! Blades Flash in Sand Duel, Throw Challenge to Scoffers."

Swimsuited women practicing fencing on beach. CU woman's legs (and shadow) thrusting and parrying in sand; CU legs of opponent doing likewise. VS women fencing (with foils) on beach; automobile pulls up behind them and several women (wearing swimsuits) exit and watch. VS women receiving fencing instructions. Women lift up another and carry her to the surf, dunking her several times, then leave her there as they run from water and to car. Dunked woman stands and runs to shore just as car pulls away; CU woman throwing something to sand while smiling, putting hands on hips and looking o.s.'

From Chevrolet Leader News Newsreel Vol. 5 No. 2, produced by Jam Handy.

Originally a public domain film from the Library of Congress Prelinger Archives, slightly cropped to remove uneven edges, with the aspect ratio corrected, and one-pass brightness-contrast-color correction & mild video noise reduction applied.

The soundtrack was also processed with volume normalization, noise reduction, clipping reduction, and/or equalization (the resulting sound, though not perfect, is far less noisy than the original).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Master

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The Chevrolet Master and Master Deluxe are American passenger vehicles manufactured by Chevrolet between 1933 and 1942 to replace the 1933 Eagle. It was the more expensive model in the Chevrolet range at this time, with the Mercury and Standard providing a cheaper and smaller range between 1933 and 1937. From 1940 a more expensive version based on the Master Deluxe was launched called the Special Deluxe...

Model years

The Master name was used on a number of different versions, and the Series name changed each year.

1933 (Series CA)

The Series CA Master replaced the 1933 Eagle midway through the model year when the 1933 Standard model (Series CC) was introduced. Several changes were made to the Eagle when the name was changed to Master. The easiest to identify is the post between the front door wing windows and the roll down windows. On the Eagle the chrome divider between these two windows goes down as the window goes down, where as on the Master this divider remains fixed and does not go down with the window.

1934 (Series DA)

The Series DA Master replaced the 1933 Eagle, with an increased wheelbase of 112 in (2,844.8 mm). This increased the difference with the cheaper Standard wheelbase to 5 in (127.0 mm). Powered by an upgraded version of the "Stovebolt Six", 206 cu in (3,380 cc) six-cylinder engine, now producing 80 hp (60 kW).

1935 (Series EA and ED)

The Master underwent a redesign, utilising a new "Turret Top" construction method.

1937 (Series GA and GB)

The Master now replaced the lower priced Standard Six, while the more luxurious new Master Deluxe edged the range upwards. The vehicle was shared with the Pontiac Deluxe...

1939 (series JA and JB)

The Master returned for 1939. The Master Deluxe was now the JA, while the base model was renamed the Master 85 (JB). A station wagon was offered, though its construction had been contracted to Mid States Body Corp...