considered the most notable scene on the film. 1960 - The opening scene of the Disney film, Pollyanna starts with a close-up of a nude 7 year old blond boy, William Betz, on a rope swing dropping into White Sulfur Springs, Santa Rosa, California; his mother was an extra on the film. This motif showed that Harrington was a normal 'small American town' where the 'folk' enjoyed normal activities. Disney has a reputation for being morally conservative; thus boys swimming nude was an everyday event. 1969 - In director Michael Powell's film Age of Consent, an extended scene shows Helen Mirren, playing a teenage girl, swimming underwater in an Australian reef. 1971 – Walkabout, an Australian/British film directed by Nicolas Roeg, shows actress Jenny Agutter and actors David Gulpilil and Luc Roeg swimming nude. The nude swimming scenes are set in several water holes in the Australian outback, during an extended time disconnected from civilization. 1984 - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes, an American/British film directed by Hugh Hudson, shows actor Danny Potts swimming nude. The nude swimming scene is set is when after a gorilla is being attacked by a black panther that a five-year-old Tarzan learns how to swim. See also Naturism Nude beach Nightswimming - Song by R.E.M. that refers to skinny-dipping. Nude recreation Public bathing References Further reading External links The Naturist Society (us) South Florida Free Beaches (Haulover Beach Park) Naturist Education Foundation (us) Crown Prosecution Service – Nudity in Public – Guidance on handling cases of Naturism (UK specific) History of swimming Nude recreation