Indian Yogi Demonstration (1949)

Bergish-Gladbach, Germany INDIAN YOGI DEMONSTRATION SCU. Line of Indian sport students before Yogi gymnastic display. SCU Indian student holding flag. MS. Indian acrobat dangling at end of rope attached to pole, head downwards. Weaves rope in and out of his legs and round his body. SV Bearded Indian sitting cross-legged, forcing himself from mat on hands, and lowering himself onto mat. CU Type looking on. SV Bearded Indian holding ears with legs folded through crook of elbow. LV Yogi, head downwards, twining himself round greasy pole. MV Yogi, head downwards, twining himself round greasy pole. First part of scene performing head over heels. He then climbs to top of pole and starts to tie himself around it. SV Indian spectator. MV Yogi braced against pole. Lets go with hands and slides to base. (Commentary in German) ( Neg.) 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