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This Naked Age

  • November 1932
  • 57mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Michael Mindlin,

    Starring

    Leo Donnelly,

    Adolf Koch,

    André Durville,

    Gaston Durville

    ...

    "This Nude World" is a groundbreaking 1932 "documentary" celebrating the age-old tradition of playing volleyball in you socks... and nothing else. The film purports to pose probing questions about the morality of nudist colonies o cover its actual aim of getting naked people on screen... primarily in long shots. A highlight of the film is the peeks at the phenomena in Germany, France (including Lido de Paris) and the United States along with wonderful pre-WWII footage of the cities visited A real hoot. It passed the National Board of Review in 1932.