Sports Gymnastics Footage - WPA Film Library

Sports Gymnastics

NEWS FROM AFRICA The Rand Show in Johannesburg is enjoyed by thousands. South Africa.

VERA CASLAVSKA GIVES FAREWELL PERFORMANCE The fabulous Czech gymnast, Vera Caslavska, during her farewell performance at Kiel.

2ND NATIONAL SPARTAKIADE Mass gymnastic display in Prague sports stadium.

NEWS FROM AFRICA The Rand Show in Johannesburg is enjoyed by thousands. South Africa.

SPRING IN WINTER International trampoline championship in London.

7TH MIDDLESEX REGIMENT SPORTS MEETING Men of the 7th Middlesex Regiment on the parallel bars and taking part in long jump event.

GERMAN GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONS West German gymnastic championship

YOUNG HUNGARIANS LEARN GYMNASTICS Samuel Rock, gym instructor, teaches young Hungarian children gymnastics.

ITALIAN GYMNASTS Italian gymnasts practise their skills for the National Championships in Rome, Italy.

INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM ACROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIP IN MOSCOW Acrobatic Championships take place in Moscow, Russia.

PT A troop of Danish male gymnasts perform an exercise routine in formation.

OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTRE AT FORT ROMEU

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS British Gymnastics Championships

INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM ACROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIP IN MOSCOW Acrobatic Championships take place in Moscow, Russia.

VERA CASLAVSKA GIVES FAREWELL PERFORMANCE The fabulous Czech gymnast, Vera Caslavska, during her farewell performance at Kiel.

Olympic Gymnastic Try-Outs

ROYAL TOURNAMENT Representatives of all the armed forces take part in Royal Tournament at Earls Court.

SWEDEN V GERMANY IN LADIES GYMNASTICS Slow and normal speed of the gymnasts performing.

AAU CHAMPIONSHIPS Amateur Athletic Union Championships in California, USA.

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS British gymnastic championships at Albert Hall, London.

SWISS WIN GYM MATCH Swiss gymnasts beat Germans in great, high standard performance contest.

GERMANY V GREAT BRITAIN German and British trampoline champions competing.

RUSSIAN WINS GYMNASTIC CONTEST

Gymnastic Grace: Swedish Girls Big Hit On US Arrival

Hop Pirouette-Parallel Bars

JOIN THE RAF AND SEE THE WHIRL Showgirls from London Casino do aero-wheel demonstration for RAF cadets.

Gymnasts From 40 Nations Compete

RAF Precision Show

Trampoline Artists

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 110) Young men in athletics training.

Boys Practice Flips over Vault

IN TRAINING Swedish athletes demonstrate the suppleness of their bodies.

Trampoline Championships

United States Wins Gymnastic Meet

German Gymasts Show How

PHYSICAL JERKS Soldiers demonstrate their agility by tumbling over apparatus.

Gymnastics, Tumbling

Invent odd gymnastic device!

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS Girls practice artistic gymnastic from very young age in Hungary.

Ncaa Gymnastic Championships At Michigan State University

Soviet Gymnasts

Gymnastic Finals In Germany

French Gymnasts Perform.

Sports: Gymnastic Championships.

Sports: Danish Gymnasts Perform

Sports: Germany, Gymnastic Gems.

Sports - Gymnastic Champs

Gymnastics At Stuttgart

ACROBATICS The Soviet Acrobatic Championships take place in Kiev, Ukraine.

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONS MARRY Russian gymnasts Mikhail Voronin and Zinaida Druzhinina marry.

TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS The World Trampoline Championships take place in Holland.

TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS Trampoline Doubles Championship

Trampoline Champions

Russians Top U.s. In Gymnastic

European Finals

Girl Gymnasts

Sports: Denmark, Gymnastic Championships.

Sports: Soviet and German Gymnasts Vie.

How To Succeed On The Parallel

Mass Calisthenics

AAU Men's Gymnastic Championship

German Gal Gymnasts

Gymnast Strive For Perfection

A gymnast at 6 months!

DURBAN A visit to the beach holiday resort of Durban, South Africa.

CRYSTAL PALACE A tour of the new Crystal Palace National Recreation Centre and grounds.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - 20,000 ATHLETES IN SWITZERLAND

STRENGTH, SKILL AND GRACE Britain's Gymnastic Team for the Olympic Games show us their skill in a field in Llanelly.

GERMAN GYMNASTS SHOW THAT ACROBAT'S TOUCH. German gymnastic championships based at Munchen-Gladbach.

GYMNASTICS British Amateur Gymnastics championships at the Albert Hall.

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS International gymnastic competition in Moscow, Russia.

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS British Margaret Bell and Stan Wild are among winners at Gymnastics Championships.

YOUNG RUSSIAN SPORTSMEN Young Russian children doing physical education

TRAMPOLINE JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS IN HOLLAND Dutch trampoline jumping championship at Amersfoort, Holland.

GYMNAST ARTISTRY IN HUNGARY A group of Finnish girls perform gymnastic artistry

DUTCH NATIONAL TRAMPOLINE CHAMPIONSHIPS Some excellent slow-motion shots from Dutch trampolinists.

TRAINING TWO YOUNG AERIALISTS Young boys start their high wire training in California.

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP International Gymnastic Championship in Vienna, Austria.

TURN FOR ROYAL TOURNAMENT RAF (Royal Air Force) Vaulting and acrobatics team prepare display for Royal Tournament.

JAPANESE GYMNASTS VISIT BUDAPEST Japanese & Hungarian, male & female gymnasts compete.

MUSCLES FOR EVERYONE Physical exercises encouraged for people of all ages in Germany.

GYMNASTS IN PRAGUE Gymnastic duel between Japan and Czechoslovakia in Prague.

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS International gymnastic competition in Hamburg, Western Germany.

GYRO-WHEEL IS NEW CRAZE IN GERMANY New craze in Germany - good old gyro-wheel.

GRACE AND MUSCLES COMPETITIONS Future circus stars take part in the 13th Athletic Association championships in Germany.

RUSSIAN GYMNAST CHAMPIONSHIP Russian gymnasts competing at National Acrobatic Championship in Tallinn, Estonia.

ITALIAN FIREMEN VS JAPAN IN GYMNASTICS Italian and Japanese firemen gymnasts competition.

ITALIAN PHYSICAL TRAINING CHAMPIONSHIP Body building and weight lifting championship.

10,000 DRILL World Gymnastic Festival sees 10,000 people perform in Stuttgart, Germany.

SOVIET-AMERICAN GYMNASTS MEET Vega and Azaryan on still rings, Beckner and Portnoi vaults along horse, Sakhalin performing.

JAPAN BEATS GERMANY IN GYMNASTIC CONTEST Gymnastic contest between Japan and West Germany in Dortmund.

GIRLS GO FOR GYM! Ria Van Velsen wins the National Gymnastic Championships in Holland.

GYMNASTS IN CHICAGO Gymnastics events from the Pan-American games.

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS International Gymnastics Competition takes place at Palace of Sports in Moscow, Russia.

AAU GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS - WITH A VIEW TO OLYMPICS American amateur athletes compete at West Point with an eye on the coming Olympic Games.

GYMNASTICS COMPETITIONS HELD IN MOSCOW PRIOR TO OLYMPIC GAMES The winners of these events will represent the USSR in the forthcoming Olympics in Rome.

Formosan Children Trained In The Classics Of...

SCHOOL FOR YOUTHFUL GYMNASTS Soviet child gymnasts are trained by World Champion Albert Azaryan.

USSR WOMEN GYMNASTS Soviet women gymnasts compete for gymnastics cup in Moscow.

WORLD GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

SPORTS FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE PHYSICAL CULTURISTS' DAY Boy dressed for trip to the Moon, children climb into rocket, it takes off, floats above stadium.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR MEN IN ENSCHEDE The Dutch national champion gymnast retains his title for the tenth time.

WORLD GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Takemoto winner of Free Exercises, Manina on the beam, Latynina on uneven bars.

STAR ATHLETES COMPETE Star Soviet gymnasts compete for the Moscow Cup.

WORLD NEWS - MOSCOW - GYMNASTIC DISPLAY Athletes from across the USSR put on a spectacular display in a Moscow stadium.

PT EXPERTS IN THE MAKING Russia trains her Physical Training experts from an early age.

FRONT PAGE - GYMNASTS Massive display of synchronised keep fit manoeuvres in Switzerland.

YOUR WORLD IN NINE MINUTES - GIRL POWER A female ju-jitsu expert throws men.

RAF GYMNASTS Gymnast demonstrate their skills at RAF Cosford

EAST READY FOR BATTLE OF SPORT The Polish team make strong scientific preparations for the 1952 Olympics.

TRAMPOLINE Physical education for boys

FOR YOUNG ENGLAND WEEK A troupe of schoolboy acrobats perform during For Young England Week.

RECREATIONAL GYMNASTIC Duchess of York attends a great girls' recreational gymnastic display at Albert Hall.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - DEMONSTRATION BY DANISH GYMNASTS

ROYAL MARINES The Royal Marines practise formation routines on gymnasium equipment for the Royal Tournament. Deal, Kent.

GERMAN GYMNASTS TRAIN FOR OLYMPICS German gymnasts show off their prowess on the bars and in floor exercises.

Selected Originals - GERMAN GYMNASTS SHOW THAT ACROBAT'S TOUCH. Material related to newsreel story "German Gymnasts Show That Acrobat's Touch" - 50/36.

MR MENZIES SEES LONDON'S FIRE FIGHTERS Australian premier, Robert Menzies, inspects London's Civil Defence Workers.

EUROPEAN LADIES GYMNASTICS IN AMSTERDAM

DOUBLE WHEEL GYMNASTS Two gymnastic champions demonstrate their skills inside the 'double-wheel'

GYMNASTICS INTERNATIONAL Gymnasts from Great Britain and Hungary compete at Epsom, Surrey.

SPORTS NEWS Sports news - England and Scotland play rugby, and German gymnasts compete in Bavaria.

RAISING AIRMEN’S FITNESS RAF Physical Training Instructors show off their skills at training school in Cosford.

PHYSICAL TRAINING DISPLAY IN IRELAND (aka IRISH PHYSICAL TRAINING DISPLAY) Irish Army Physical Training Display.

TRAMPOLINE STORY Bouncing and silly business on the Butlin's trampoline.

ARMY SHOW A military marching band, tent-peggers and gymnasts are seen at the Aldershot Army Display.

2ND NATIONAL SPARTAKIADE IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA Gymnasts dancing in formation in sports arena.

2ND NATIONAL SPARTAKIADE Scenes of Prague

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE AA GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Man on trampoline. Jay Werner on Horizontal bar, flying rings and posing with his team mates.

EUROPEAN GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS Male Gymnasts at the European Championships

PRAGUE - CHILDREN'S P.T. DISPLAY Massive children's P.T. display in Prague.

PHYSICAL JERKS BY 35,000 Massed display of Physical Training techniques - lots of exercise.

SWEDISH GYMNASTS Swedish gymnasts put on a graceful exercise display on a visit to London.

THOUSANDS OF ATHLETES International Gymnastic Convention at Rouen in France sees thousands of athletes gather.

SPORTS AT NUREMBERG Unemployed Nazis organise their athletic competition at Nuremberg's Stadium.

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA (NO. 104) University students keeping fit in Tyrol

DURBAN A visit to the beach holiday resort of Durban, South Africa.

DUKE OF EDINBURGH OPENS CRYSTAL PALACE RECREATION CENTRE

GYMNASTIC INTERNATIONAL Americans defeat British in gymnastic competition at Wembley.

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP Footage of Gymnastic championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

POLICE GIVE ANNUAL SHOW West Berlin's Police force give a massive demonstration of strength in Olympic Stadium.

FRENCH GYMNASTS DISPLAY France stages international PT display in Paris.

TRAMPOLINE (aka TRAMPOLENE (sic) APPLE-PICKERS) A trampoline is used in a novel way to pick apples from the high branches of trees.

PRE-OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS Gymnasts of 12 countries compete in one of the big pre-Olympic trails of strength.

Japanese Boy Acrobats at Pan-American Exposition

MOROCCO (aka MOROCCAN FANTASIA) Travelogue concentrating on the traditional sights of Morocco.

Synchronized Gynastics

Gymnastics

Students give demonstration

SPORTS: Male Gymnasts Compete

1960 Olympic Gymnastics Trials

THE THREE HOTLEYS The Three Hotleys in action on trampoline

MASTER ATHLETES IN MINIATURE! Young children do formation exercises in the studio.

FEMININE PICTORIALITIES NO. 35 - ELVES OF TODAY! Major Ellershaw's troop of little girls do exercises in a garden.

SPRITELY AND MERRY Captain Olsson's group of exercising children put on a display

MID-AIR ACROBATICS Acrobats Adriana and Charlot demonstrate their skill on a trampoline.

BRIAN PHELPS Olympic Bronze medalist Brian Phelps shows diving techniques on a trampoline

ATHLETES FOR BALLET Young men exercise and strike ballet postures in the grounds of the Royal Ballet School.

FITNESS WINS IN RUSSIA! Adults and children exercise in Russia.

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO.34) Young men exercising at a fitness camp

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 115) Girls doing exercises on apparatus.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL Italian youth rally.

ARMY FENCES The army shows of skills on training field

P.T. BOYS (aka BOY GYMNASTS) Boys at the Duke of York's Military School do gymnastic exercises to keep fit.

CAN YOU FLIP Young women and little girls do back flips on an American rooftop.

BAR WORK Men balance on and flip over the parallel bars in Maidstone and Chiswick.

BALANCED STRENGHT A team of American men do somersaults in a gym.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 43) Boys do somersaults.

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 9) Male gymnast demonstrates skills on bars.

Selected Originals - EAST READY FOR BATTLE - OF SPORT

SOCIAL WORK Activity clubs for children with parents who work or are in the services in South Africa.

PHYSICAL TRAINING BATTALION BOYS IN ACTION South African newsreel showing tumbling display by boys from Physical Training Battalion.

Gymnast Strive For Perfection

GREAT LITTLE LADS Boys from Artane school perform exercise and gymnastic display.

EUROPEAN LADIES GYMNASTICS IN AMSTERDAM

RUSSIAN GYMNASTS PREPARE FOR MEXICO Russian gymnasts in training for the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico

GIRLS SCHOOL GYMNASIUM Girls' Gymnastics Class

ALDERSHOT (aka COMBINED FORCES GYMNASTICS) The Combined Services Display team practise their gymnastics for the Royal Tournament.

VERA CASLAVSKA GIVES FAREWELL PERFORMANCE The fabulous Czech gymnast, Vera Caslavska, during her farewell performance at Kiel.

Selected Originals PRE-OLYMPIC GYMNASTICS

FLOOR EXERCISES A group of Irene Popard's pupils do formation exercises to music.

Muscle Beach

ACROBATIC GYMNASTS IN GERMANY Acrobatic gymnastic championship in Germany.

DUTCH TRAMPOLINE JUMPING CHAMPIONSHIPS

MINI OLYMPICS IN MEXICO International sports championship in Mexico.

WORLD BEST - GYMNASTICS - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Competitors from over 40 countries show their skills at World Championship in Germany.

2ND NATIONAL SPARTAKIADE Mass gymnastic display in Prague sports stadium.

GYMNASTIC FESTIVAL AT STOCKHOLM Footage of the Liningad Festival in Stockholm, Sweden.

THE NORTHERN MEETING The Northern meeting in Inverness includes tossing the caber and vaulting over wooden horses.

ACROBATS ALL BATS Swiss veteran gymnasts and comics Hermos Troupe entertain the audience in Berlin.

CHAMPION GYMNASTS Champion gymnasts show their skills at Albert Hall, London.

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS

PHYSICAL FITNESS Pretoria high school girls demonstrate their good health

Olympic Gymnastic Try-Outs

TRAMPOLINE ACROBATICS IN GERMANY

MERRY SPRITES Captain Olssen and his merry sprites perform stretching and vaulting exercises in Newton Park, Bath, Avon.

PICTURE PARAGRAPHS FROM WORLD NEWS US NAVY GYMNASTS American gymnasts in training

GIRLS SCHOOL GYMNASIUM Girls' Gymnastics Class

USSR GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS Russian Gymnastic Championships take place in Moscow.

VERA CASLAVSKA GIVES FAREWELL PERFORMANCE The fabulous Czech gymnast, Vera Caslavska, during her farewell performance at Kiel.

GYMNAST SELECTION CONTEST Gymnasts selection contest at circus in Prague in Czechoslovakia.

MOSCOW GYMNASTICS CUP COMPETITIONS Gymnastics Cup competition in Moscow, Russia.

THE WINTER STADIUM IS OPEN Opening of the Winter Stadium in Leningrad.

PAN AMERICAN GAMES Competitors break world records doing Pan American games

BERKHAMSTED BOYS PT Boys from Berkhamsted Public School do physical training exercises.

NEWS FROM AFRICA The Rand Show in Johannesburg is enjoyed by thousands. South Africa.

YOUNG ITALIAN GYMNASTS Young Italian female gymnasts practicing in the gymnasium

INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS Gymnasts of Soviet Union meet Czech, Bulgarian and Hungarian rivals in Kiev, Ukraine.

ACROBATICS IN KIEV Gymnastics tournament in Russia.

CZECH UNIVERSITY STUDENTS New rule says university students must undergo pre-military training. Czechoslovakia.

FRENCH OLYMPIC HOPES IN TRAINING Gymnasts, swimmers, sprinters and other sportsmen

ROLLING ALONG Children's Gymnastics Class

SCHOOLCHILDREN Learn Gymnastics & Art

FLOOR EXERCISES A group of Irene Popard's pupils do formation exercises to music.

GYMNASTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS OF RUSSIA Performers on parallel bars, vaulting horse, horizontal bar & prize giving.