1.
GV START OF THE PARADE OF GYMNASTS
0.04

2.
CU GERMAN TEAM
0.11

3.
SV PEOPLE
0.14

4.
CU PAN BELGIAN TEAM
0.20

5.
SV DANISH TEAM
0.24

6.
CU DANISH TEAM MARCHES
0.28

7.
SV PAN SPANISH GYMNASTS
0.35

8.
SV PAN BRITISH TEAM
0.42

9.
SV PAN USA TEAM
0.48

10.
BV PARADE
0.52

11.
SV PAN SWEDISH TEAM ENTERS STADIUM
1.04

12.
GV GYMNASTICS IN PROGRESS
1.16

13.
GV GIRL GYMNAST
1.24

14.
CU MAN PLAYS PIANO PAN TO LV GYMNASTS
1.31

15.
SV SPECTATORS
1.35

16.
GV GIRLS DO GYMNASTIC ROUTINE
1.39

17.
SV DITTO
1.48

18.
GV MEN AND WOMEN GYMNASTS
1.56



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SPORT: GYMNASTICS

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Background: SOME OF THE WORLD'S TOP GYMNASTS ARE IN VIENNA FOR THE FOURTH INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTICS DEMONSTRATION, OR GYMNAESTRADA, WHICH OPENED YESTERDAY (TUESDAY). ATHLETES FROM TWENTY EIGHT NATIONS ARE TAKING PART IN THE VARIOUS EVENTS, AND ANOTHER TWELVE COUNTRIES HAVE OFFICIAL OBSERVERS WATCHING THE EVENTS.

THE 'FESTIVAL OF GYMNASTICS' WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MONDAY. AS WELL AS FULL PROGRAMMES OF DEMONSTRATIONS, GYMNASTS WILL ALSO ATTEND SYMPOSIUMS WHERE TRAINING, PHYSICAL FITNESS, GYMNASTICS AND OTHER SUBJECTS WILL BE DISCUSSED AND LECTURES WILL BE GIVEN.

THE PROGRAMME OF DEMONSTRATIONS IS SO LARGE THAT FIVE VENUES HAVE BEEN SET ASIDE FOR THE GYMNAESTRADA.

THE GYMNAESTRADA WAS ORGANISED BY THE AUSTRIAN GYMNASTIC ASSOCIATION FOR THE INTERNATIONAL GYMNASTIC ASSOCIATION. THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL GYMNAESTRADA WAS HELD IN ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND, IN 1953. THE BASIC IDEA OF THE GYMNAESTRADA IS NOT COMPETITION, BUT A DEMONSTRATION OF THE STANDARDS OF PHYSICAL TRAINING IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES. THEY ARE HELD EVERY FOUR YEARS.