A Whirl And A Spin With The Acro-Dancers 1930

Star Item

Description

Andree and Curtis are the "acro-dancers" featured in this story.

In the Pathe studio the dancers perform an acrobatic dance routine. The dance incorporates lifts, twirls, spins, balletic steps and gymnastics. A dissolve is used for trick effect - suddenly Andree is standing up high on a podium....

more

Data

Cataloguer:
Jenny
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Mute
Media URN:
15466
Sort Number:
EP 191
Time in/Out:
01:53:48:00 / 01:56:17:00
Canister:
EP 191
Film ID:
918.26
Issue Date:
03/07/1930

Comments (0)

We always welcome comments and more information about our films.

All posts are reactively checked. Libellous and abusive comments are forbidden.

Add your comment

To post a comment, please Register or to add a comment
Adrenaline seekers from the past have left an indelible mark on the Pathe archive. Some were so dangerous they even lost their lives. Here are 10 top daredevils.
daredevil
Terrorism is nothing new. The Pathe archive has a vast collection of material related to terrorist attacks dating back to 1919 right through to the 2005 London bombings.
911
British Pathe captured many extraordinary events on film over its 80 year history but sometimes the cameras were switched on when tragedy struck.
Franz Reichelt

Related Videos

Hide
Broadway Village

Broadway Village

A little travelogue of, yet another, "one of the most beautiful villages in England".

The Most Ancient And Most Noble Order Of The Thistle

The Most Ancient And Most Noble Order Of The Thistle

Members of the Order of the Thistle attend St. Giles' Cathedral for annual service.

The Oath Of Allegiance

The Oath Of Allegiance

German army swear allegiance to their new leader Adolf Hitler.

Founders Day Beware - Other Items Share This Title

Founders Day Beware - Other Items Share This Title

Duchess of York attends the Celebration of Founder's Day at Spurgeon's Orphan Homes.

The Derby Won By

The Derby Won By "Straight Deal" (Aka The Derby At Newmarket)

Straight Deal wins the Newmarket Derby.

Championship Polo

Championship Polo

Gulf Stream win championship polo match at Meadowbrook, Long Island. America.

Ahh Ahh - Crystal Palace

Ahh Ahh - Crystal Palace

Brief shots of fireworks and Catherine Wheels in a display at Crystal Palace.

L'aide Aux Chomeurs (Aka Help For Unemployed - Soup Kitchen In Street USA 1933)

L'aide Aux Chomeurs (Aka Help For Unemployed - Soup Kitchen In Street USA 1933)

Bread and soup are handed out to the unemployed during the depression in New York.

 

 

The death penalty has been carried out in almost all societies and although these images from WWI and WWII are unsettling, they still provide a raw account of events from a certain time.
Death Row
The images taken from inside Buchenwald Concentration Camp after its Liberation show us what it was like; it tells us what happened and forces us to remember.
Buchenwald
The great politician and orator Winston Churchill left behind a sea of humourous quips and discerning quotes. We remember some of his finest epigrams and witty ripostes.
Churchill
WW2 accounted for over 60m deaths and innumerable lives shattered. Pathé cameras took to land, sea and air to record the bloodshed. Here are the 10 bloodiest battles that were caught on film.
Battle
Life before health and safety laws; men worked at huge heights, balancing on girders and cranes all in order to help build the world's tallest skyscrapers.
Vertigo
Private UFOs, flying bicycles, motorised wheels - Pathe's archive is awash with fabulous films of canny and creative transport inventions.
Transport_Inventions
Over its history, the Pathe cameras filmed a number of people who had committed heinous crimes. So in no particular order, these images show ten faces of truly evil men and women.
Himmler