Straining For Training (1938)

Note: Location of the events are unknown. Full titles read: STRAINING FOR TRAINING L, S s of several young women standing in line, they all bend backwards and arch their back. L, S of two young girls holding onto a bar flicking their legs backwards high into the air under the watchful eye of the male instructor (he sounds French). L, S of the man pushing one of the girls legs in the air towards her face The commentator says that the circus members have to practise until they all but drop. Several more shots of the girls in training. M, S of a man picking a little girl up by her feet and raising her into the air. M, S of the a man and girls tap dancing. M, S of the trainer appearing to be walking on a treadmill, however, the camera pans down to reveal that he is actually massaging a girls bottom with his feet M, S s of a gymnast performing several twists and turns. Several shots of trapeze artist in training. One man holds another by the a thick cord by his mouth and spins him around with his han