The Keep Fit Craze

The strange paraphernalia of 1960s UK gym culture

Set in an upmarket West London health club with 'central heating and wall-to-wall fitted carpets', this captivating Pathe newsreel time capsule from 1966 reveals an era when sportswear hasn't been invented yet - so the guys are doing their exercises on the absorbent-looking shag in their undercrackers and vests. Or just undercrackers.