| Royal Tournament at Olympia | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 6213 |
| Catalog #: | 368441 | |
| Clip Number: | 368441-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 318 D | |
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| Location: | London; England | |
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| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXHIBITIONS: Military | |
| Description: | Royal Tournament at Olympia. Military & athletic entertainment. Precision marching & synchronized athletic exercises. Gymnastics demonstrations in which groups of young men form symmetrical group poses; incorporating headstands; handstands; etc. - -similar to cheerleading. A sequence w/ soldiers wearing dark jackets and white trousers and forming various patterns- -because of underexposure this is very dark. group of young men in white shorts and t-shirts march about; doing calesthenics in formation (such as all doing toe-touches while standing in pattern forming 3 diamonds) & also forming letters (such as RAF). Finally a lot of men in various military uniforms arrange themselves around and on a dome-like hill in the middle of the stadium; some lying against it as if killed in battle; while one man assumes victorious pose on top. Flags etc. Military exhibitions. | |
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