Reel

Higher Education Pays Off

Higher Education Pays Off
Clip: 426484_1_1
Year Shot: 1964 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1731
Original Film: 037-099-03
HD: N/A
Location: California
Timecode: 00:14:55 - 00:16:30

Grandfather, son and two grandsons--three generations of the Winn family of California - are experts on the tight wire. Here's how the boys train. They have been at home, aloft, since they were 3 years old. One is now four and the other six! Two little boys around the age of 4 to 6 are given instruction by their grandfather a high wire performer. The wire is laid on the ground and 4 year old Mike Winn is doing a good job of walking on the wire. Mike is tossed in the air by his father and uncle, back and fourth. The two little boys learning to bow properly. Johnny at the age of 6 is quite seasoned at walking on the high wire. The father and the uncles have the boys on the high wire doing a balancing act. The two little boys, Mick and John are walking on the high wire, little Johnny is holding on to the back of Mike. Mike and Johnny, cute, cute, and more cute.