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German Gymasts Show How

German Gymasts Show How
Clip: 426468_1_1
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1730
Original Film: 037-095-03
HD: N/A
Location: Germany
Timecode: 00:39:33 - 00:41:16

Gymnastics and such acrobatics are not too popular in the U.S.A., but in countries like Germany exhibitions draw large crowds. At Ulm, they vie in balancing and pyramid-building contests, while at Hamburg, they limber up for the 1968 Olympics - only four years away. Ulm, Germany Demonstration on how strong his arms are by using his hands to walk on, walking up the stairs using his hands. Woman is balancing herself on one arm using her hand to grip on to a balancing device. A cylinder with a board, a girl balancing herself on this board with another girl on her shoulders doing a hand stand. Girls building a human pyramid, this pyramid is four girls high. Hamburg, Germany A female gymnast doing flips on the floor mats, the camera is put on slow motion to show the couture of the body as this girl is flipping. A young gymnastic doing her routine on the uneven bars or parallel bars, camera is put on slow motion and she flits and flies with the ease of a bird, hitting the mat with a solid thud and arched back.