Physical Jerks (1924)

Aldershot, Hampshire. Title: “PHYSICAL JERKS ... 1924. Ex-Service men note! ... Army’s new system now includes somersaults“. M/S of a soldier in gym kit vaulting onto a large piece of apparatus ( a vaulting horse?), he somersaults off the other side, more soldiers follow and do the same, some are more advanced and tumble over the apparatus in one go. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.