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The scene from 'Roots of Heaven' is on Dailymotion I think. As is a scene from a French film of the 50s, based on a Zola novel, where two women are fighting on a laundry room floor to the point where they are both soaked. One overcomes the other, climbs on her back facing her legs, pulls up her dress, rips open her drawers and begins whacking her with a wooden paddle. Unfortunately you don't see the blows landing! Does anyone know the title?
That's 'Gervaise' (1956), directed by Rene Clement. The spanker is Maria Schell, and the spankee's Suzy Delair.