Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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A spectacular gymnastics finale from a Danish team touring Australia in 1955.

This Australian Colour Diary clip captures a rapid-fire sequence of flips, somersaults and a daring group formation, ending with their motto: a sound mind in a sound body.

Watch the full film here:
youtube.com/watch?v=PEAMeUahU1U

From the Film Australia Collection, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Title: Australian Colour Diary. No. 2
NFSA ID: 1395
Year: 1957
Credits:
Australian News And Information Bureau. Film Division
Director: Jack S. Allan
Narrator: Harry Dearth

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