Boy gymnasts.
Dover, Kent.
Boys from Duke of York's Military School stand to attention. Various shots as they do gymnastic exercises such as cartwheels, forward rolls and somersaults. They are trained by Dusty Miller who is the lightweight champion of the British army. Various shots as they somersault over the vaulting horse and form human arch on top of it. Various shots as they do balancing exercises, other boys applaud.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 30/11/1942
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 60192
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1556.28
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:27:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:54:07:00 / 01:55:34:00
- Canister:
- NSP 348
- Sort Number:
- NSP 348
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- Categories
- Sport & Leisure War & Revolution
- WorkSpaces
- DYRMS
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William John Rogers says
The two clips of members of the Duke of York\'s Royal Military School were actually taken at Saunton Sands,N.Devon, not Dover Kent. I was a member of this School from March 1942 to March 1946, at Saunton.
raggedapple1951 says
I am puzzled by the reference to Dusty Miller as Lightweight British Army champion. My uncle, Derek \'Dusty\' Miller was Heavyweight Champion of South India and then All-India Heavyweight Champion (1952?). He joined the Royal Indian Navy in 1942 where his boxing career started - and turned professional in 1952. The man in the film clip is not my uncle and I wonder if it is possible there were two Dusty Miller boxing champions?