Mass Physical Jerks 1938

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Titles read: "MASS PHYSICAL JERKS".

Prague, Czechoslovakia.

At the Sokol Festival in Prague's Masaryk Stadium, we see hundreds of men doing physical exercises to music. A huge crowd watches from the spectator stand as the men swing their arms about and strike postures in unison. Hundreds...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
17252
Sort Number:
38/055
Time in/Out:
01:45:53:00 / 01:46:55:00
Canister:
38/55
Film ID:
969.42
Issue Date:
11/07/1938

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