Mass Athletics Meeting AKA In Perfect Unison (1920)

Prague, Czechoslovakia. Intertitle: “IN PERFECT UNISON. More than 10,000 young athletes perform in the Stadium at Czecho Slovak [sic] festivities“. Iris opens on high angled shot of ranks of women in identical dress marching. High angled L/S of the ranks of women walking into an enormous open air sports stadium, as they reach the centre of the field the ranks divide in two and march in opposite directions. L/S of the thousands of athletes marching around the stadium creating a large star-like formation. High angled L/S of ranks of athletes. C/U of a man in a vest with a large moustache signalling with a flag. In response to his signal, the athletes move into lines and start doing exercises, panning shots over the rows and rows of young women in identical clothes. M/S of rows of women doing synchronised exercises. C/U of the back of a bald headed man with beard and glasses in military uniform watching the performance from an enclosed balcony above the stadium. FILM ID: A VI