| IN THE DAYS OF OUR YOUTH Acrobatics by Six Sisters Dainef | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6775 |
| Catalog #: | 439032 | |
| Clip Number: | 439032-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | EP 238 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Europe | |
| Year Shot: | 1905 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Acrobatics | |
| Description: | IN THE DAYS OF OUR YOUTH Les Six Soeurs Dainef perform acrobatic routine onstage. This is a film from 1905 re-discovered and shown as part of Eve Pics in 1932. LS 5 women in tights and leotards run onstage. These 5 quickly form themselves into a sort of tower. One woman grabs one of the small women and wraps her around her ample midriff; little sis has her back bent backwards and is grabbing her own ankles. Next, the large woman lifts another sister to stand on her shoulders, and then the other 2 are lifted up on the sides, each held by one arm by the woman on top and supported by the outstretched arms of the sister on the bottom. In this position they spin around like a top. They jump down from this formation and the 6th sister Dainef (another small woman) runs out to join them. 2 pairs of sisters do tumbling stunts across the floor while holding onto each other's waists, with their heads pointing in opposite directions (one upside down). One pair does cartwheels this way, the other does handsprings. Next, one woman does an amazingly fast series of backflips while her sisters watch. She then steps back and she and the others watch as the fat sister crosses the stage with a cartwheel and backflips. Next, 3 of the sisters hang onto each other in a strange way so that their legs are sticking out like 3 points of a triangle. They go rolling across the floor in this position. Then they walk (really one walks carrying the others stuck in their contorted shape) back across stage to right and then roll back again. The six sisters start at back of stage and do simultaneous somersaults toward camera. Then they perform a routine doing somersaults and jumping sideways over each other, in constant movement looking like jumping beans or weird bugs. They all leap to their feet, start to run offstage. | |
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