Royal Tournament (1920 1929)
Royal Tournament at Olympia, London. Note: seems to be rehearsal rather than actual event. Military athletic entertainment. Precision marching synchronised athletic exercises. Gymnastics demonstrations in which groups of young men form symmetrical group poses; incorporating headstands; handstands; etc. similar to cheer leading. 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 Tshirts march about; doing exercises in formation (such as all doing toetouches 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 domelike 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. FILM A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL,
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