7th Middlesex Regiment Sports Meeting (1914 1918)

7th Middlesex Regiment Sports Meeting. Location of events unknown a field or sports ground. 1st event is gymnastics; parallel bars; a line of men come up; walk in between the bars; swing themselves up and flip over. Then 1 at a time; they perform another move. Next 2 guys do tricks in synchronisation. Finally; the group all pose together; some doing handstands on bars; some on the ground; while others stand on their feet and lean out from the bars w, backs arched. Long jump. A series of men come running and leap from a line across the ground; landing in sand; some officers record the distances. Somehow it doesn t seem like they re jumping very far. FILM ID:1938. 2 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136, 000