1976MISC. SPORTS
CIRCUS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS WORLD-WIDE MASTER - 90' VERSION - CLOCK NUMBER 940 11/9/26. VARIOUS CHAMPIONSHIPS COMPETITIONS IN VARIETY OF CIRCUS PERFORMANCES INCLUDING TRpEZE, EQUESTRIAN. TUMBLING AND BIKE ACTS.
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MS ZOOM IN ON RINGMASTER ENTERING CENTER RING, GRABS HAND HELD MICROPHONE. "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE FIRST EVER CIRCUS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". FOLLOWED BY A PARADE OF CIRCUS PERFORMERS, SOME WITH ANIMALS, CIRCLING THE RING AS THEY ARE INTRODUCED BY THE RINGMASTER.
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IRIS SHOTS CIRCUS PERFORMERS DOING THEIR ACTS INCLUDING TRAPEZE ACT, SUPER-IMPOSED OVER ABOVE SHOT OF PARADE AROUND CENTER RING. MORE OF COLORFUL PARADE, ELEPHANTS.
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ANNOUNCER WITH HAND HELD MIC TELLS OF THE FIVE TITLES AT STAKE IN THE COMPETITION. SHOWS CLIPS OF EACH ACT INCLUDING HIGH WIRE ACT, BALANCING BIKE RIDERS, TUMBLERS AND FLYING TRAPEZE. CMS JIMMY CHIPPERFIELD WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE JUDGES GROUP.
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ANNOUNCER INTRODUCES BRITAIN'S FLYING "OSCAS" TRAPEZE ACT (3 MEN ANE ONE WOMAN) AS THEY START THEIR EXTRAORDINARY DAREDEVIL PERFORMANCE. VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS TRAPEZE ACT IN PROGRESS
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DRUM ROLLS AS MALE TRAPEZE ARTIST STARTS VERY DARING RUN WITH DOUBLE S0MERSAULT BEFORE BEING CAUGHT BY PARTNER. PERFORMANCE IN SLOW MOTION. MORE PERFORMANCES IN PROGRESS AS WELL AS SLOW MOTION SHOTS.
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MALE TRAPEZE ARTIST CONCLUDES PERFORMANCE BY THE FLYING OSCAS, BY DOING TRIPLE SOMERSAULT, LANDING ON NET AND SPRINGING TO GROUND. PERFORMERS TAKE BOW - TOTAL SCORE 53
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SLOW MOTION SHOT PERFORMANCE OF TRAPEZE GROUP "THE ROCK SMITH FLYERS" WITH SCORE OF PRESENTATION 42 - CONTENT 42.
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CU VARIOUS FACE SHOTS TIGERS IN CAGE. VOICE OVER ANNOUNCER, "ENGLAND'S ONLY FEMALE ANIMAL TRAINER, MARY ? BEAUTIFUL, BLOND MARY, WHIPS IN HANDS, ENTERS CAGE CONTAINING 5 TIGERS, PROCEEDS IN TAMING THE 5 TIGERS. SHE GETS THEM TO SIT ON PERCHES AND STAND ON HIND LEGS.
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MS MARY MOUNTS ONE OF TIGERS AND RIDES AROUND ON IT LIKE A HORSE. ALL TIGERS SAVE 1 LEAVE CAGE. MARY GETS THAT TIGER TO SIT ON A SWING, AND SWING BACK AND FORTH.
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ENTERING CENTER RING BICYCLE ACT, "THE BALDINOS" FROM ITALY. VARIOUS SHOTS 4 BALDINOS DOING UNUSUAL BICYCLE AND UNI BIKE ACT ALONG BALANCING AND JUGGLING.
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| 00:16:57 937 |
GOOD SHOTS 2 BALDINOS RIDING UNICYCLES AND JUMPING ROPE AS THEY BOUNCE ON THE BIKES. MORE ON UNI BIKES.
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BALDINOS ATTEMPT TRICK. VOICE OVER ANNOUNCER,
"HAS NEVER BEEN ATTEMPTED BEFORE". AS TWO BALDINOS RIDE ON UNI BIKES WITH HIGH SEAT EXTENSIONS, (ABOUT 8' HIGH) HOLD A LONG POLE BETWEEN THEM AS ANOTHER BALDING IS HELPED ONTO POLE, BALANCES HIMSELF ON POLE, THEN DOES SOMERSAULT, LANDING ON POLE LIKE TIGHT ROPE WALKER. |
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BALDINOS TAKE BOW - SCORE:
PRESENTATION 40 - CONTENT 42. |
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ABOVE SHOT - VOICE OVER ANNOUNCER, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, "THE NEW DOLLYS" . ENTERING CENTER RING, THREE GORGEOUS BRUNETTES IN BLACK GOWNS (LOOK LIKE TRIPLETS). WALK TO CENTER RING START DANCING TO TUNE OF "HELLO DOLLY" SON PLAYED BY BAND IN B/G. CU FACE SHOTS.
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THE THREE GIRLS END DANCE WITH TYPICAL CHORUS HIGH KICK DANCE. THEY REMOVE THEIR OUTER GOWNS, WHICH ARE COLLECTED BY MALE MEMBER OF GROUP, IN TUX, REVEALING DIAMOND STUDDED BLACK TIGHTS.. GROUP (3 GIRLS, ONE MAN) LEAVES RING, RETURNS ON BIKES. VARIOUS SHOTS PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS.
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3 DOLLYS AND ONE MAN PERFORM MANY BIKE TRICKS TO MUSIC OF "HELLO DOLLY"
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INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE BY ONE OF THE DOLLIESON BIKE IN CENTER RING. DOES VARIETY DARING TRICKS ON BIKE. INCLUDING STANDING ON HEAD, STANDING STRAIGHT UP ON BIKE SEAT WHILE BIKE MOVES AROUND RING. FALLS WHILE ATTEMPTING DIFFICULT TRICK, IS HELPED UP BY OTHER MEMBERS. DOES TRICK AGAIN SUCCEEDS.
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TO 00 29 15 BIKE WITH LONG HIGH POLE ATTACHED IS ROLLED ONTO RING. ONE GIRL RIDES BIKE AROUND RING WHILE ANOTHER CLIMBS HIGH ONTO POLE AND DOWS A NUMBER OF ACROBATIC TRICKS ALL WHILE BIKE IS BEING RIDDEN AROUND RING.
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DOLLIES PLUS MALE MEMBER DO SHORT PERFORMANCE ON UNI BIKES. AFTER WHICH ONE DOLLY COMES OUT WITH SMALL BOX, HANDS IT TO MALE MEMBER OF GROUP WHO OPENS IT, REVEALING TINY BIKE. HE THEN PROCEEDS IN RIDING THE MINIATURE BIKE AS TWO GIRLS SIT ON HIS SHOULDERS. THE NEW DOLLYS ACT ENDS. PERFORMANCE 38 - CONTENT 34
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ANNOUNCER VOICE OVER, "FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA - THE BERTINIS" (FAMILY) - BIKE ACT
2 MALE, 3FEMALE MEMBER OF FAMILY OF Five RIDE AROUND CENTER RING ON UNI BIKES. VARIOUS SHOTS PERFORMANCES IN PROGRESS MOSTLY ON UNI BIKES. |
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GIRL, MAN, EACH ON UNI BIKES WITH GIRL ON EACH ONE'S SHOULDERS, RIDE UNI BIKES AROUND RING. EACH GIRL THEN STANDS ON RIDER'S SHOULDERS WHILE RIDE IS IN PROGRESS. GIRLS GO FROM STANDING ON SHOULDERS TO STANDING ON RIDER'S HEADS.MALE RIDER DOES INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE.
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MALE, FEMALE RIDE UNI BIKES WITH HIGH EXTENSION SEATS, HOLD RACK BETWEEN THEM AS GIRL CLIMBS ON RACK, DOES HANDSTAND.
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MAN DOES HEADSTAND ON MALES HEAD ON UNI BIKE. MALE CLIMBS ON EVTENSION LADDER TO GET ONT UNI BIKE WITH 10 FT. EXTENSION. GIRL CLIMBS UP LADDER TO GET ON MAN'S SHOULDERS, THEN THEY RIDE AROUND RING HIGH OFF GROUND.
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GIRL STANDS ON ONE END OF SPRING BOARD AS OTHER GIRL RIDING AROUND ON TALL SEATED UNI BIKE, JUMPS OFF, LANDS ON OTHER END OF SPRINGBOARD, CAUSING GIRL TO CATAPULT HIGH IN AIR, LANDING ON SHOULDERS ANOTHER MAN STANDING BY ON HIS UNI BIKE. BENDINI'S SCORES: PERFORMANCE 42 - CONTENT 43 - TOTAL 85
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TO 00:47:19 - LS TRAPEZE PERFORMERS READY TO START THEIR PERFORMERS - ANNOUNCER'S VOICE OVER: "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, "THE FLYING RAMOS". (3 MEN 1 WOMAN). POSE ON TRAPEZE.
PERFORMANCE STARTS. VARIOUS GOOD SHOTS PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS. |
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MLS YOUNG MALE FLYER STARTS WITH A DOUBLE SOMERSAULT BEFORE HE IS CAUGHT BY MALE CATCHER. RETURNS AND TAKES BOW. 2ND MALE FLYER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES HIS DOUBLE SOMERSAULT. MLS GIRL FLYER DOES HER PERFORMANCE.
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MAKE FLYER ATTEMPTS SOMERSAULT WITH TWIST, CATCHER FAILS TO CATCH HIM. HE FALLS TO NET BELOW. SHOT OF MISHAP IN SLOW MOTION. FLYER MAKES 2ND ATTEMPT TO COMPLETE DIFFICULT PERFORMANCE AND FAILS AGAIN, FALLS TO NET BELOW. 2ND MISHAP IN SLOW MOTION.
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PRETTY FEMALE FLYER AND MALE FLYER DO A DOUBLES PERFORMANCE AND SUCCEED. BOTH TAKE BOW.
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WITH PERFORMANCE OPVER, ALL FLOOR INDIVIDUALLY TAKE TURNS SWINGING AND SOMERSAILTING TO NET BELLOW. ACORE: PERFORMANCE 39 - CONTENT 36 - TOTAL 75.
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SCORES OF OTHER TRAPEZE ACT "THE FLYING RAMOS" IS SUPER-IMPOSED ON THEM DOING THEIR PERFORMANCE. SCORES FOR FLYING RAMOS TEAM - PERFORMANCE 45 - CONTENT 45 - TOTAL 90.
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CU ANNOUNCER SPEAKS OF AND INTRODUCES TWO TEAMS OF ACROBATICS AND TUMBLERS. BRITISH AND TANGIER GROUPS WHP WILL COMPETE.
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TO 00:51:18 - TANGIER GROUP (7) ACROBATS AND TUMBLERS ENTER CENTER RING, BEGIN THEIR PERFORMANCE. VARIOUS SHOTS PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS. START WITH FORMING HIGH PYRAMID 4 HUGH, STANDING ON EACH OTHERS SHOULDERS. FOLLOWED BY VARIETY OF TUMBLING, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP PERFORMANCES
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ABOVE SHOT "THE TANGIER GROUP" TAKES BOW. SCORES: PERFORMANCE - 25, CONTENT -25. TOTAL: 50.
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THE HERCULEANS TAKE BOW. SCORES: PERFORMANCE - 29, CONTENT - 33 - TOTAL 62. THEY WIN THE COMPETITION. "OLD MAN" SONNY HATCH RECEIVES TROPHY IN BEHALF OF HIS TEAM, FROM ANNOUNCER
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MS ANNOUNCER TELLS OF MORE TO COME, INCLUDING HIGH WIRE ACT.
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MS HIGH WIRE PERFORMER "ATTICA" - FROM FRANCE, ON THE HIGH WIRE. VARIOUS SHOTS DARING HIGH WIRE ACT IN PROGRESS. WALKS ACROSS WIRE, TAKES BOW. ATTICA WALKS ACROSS WIRE STEPPING OVER AND BETWEEN NUMBER OF DAGGERS POINTED UPWARD ABOUT A FOOT APART.
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ATTILA ATTEMPTS "THE MOST DANGEROUS FEAT OF THEM ALL". HE SUCCESSFULLY WALKS ACROSS A FLAMING HIGH WIRE
COMPLETES PERFORMANCE, TAKES BOW. SCORES: PRESENTATION - 24, CONTENT - 25. TOTAL: 59. |
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NEXT HIGH WIRE ACT - VOICE 9VER, "FROM GERMANY, , MANFRED DUVAL". MANFRED WALKS OUT TO CENTER WIRE, PUTS ON HEAD BRACE, STANDS ON HIS HEAD ON CENTER HIGH WIRE, STANDS UP, WALKS ACROSS WIRE.
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MLS MANFRED WALKS OUT TO CENTER WIRE WITH LENGTH OF ROPE IN HAND, PROCEEDS IN JUMPING ROPE ON CENTER WIRE, FALLS, MANAGES TO CATCH ONTO TO WIRE WITH HIS HAND, AVOIDING FALLING TO GROUND (NET?). HE GETS UP ON WIRE, TRIES AGAIN, SUCCEEDS.
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MANFRED, THEN LAYS FLAT BACK ON WIRE, STRETCHED STRAIGHT ACROSS, TUMBLES BACK TO SEATED POSITION, STRADDLING WIRE. MANFRED THEN HANGS DOWN ON WIRE FACE DOWN, HOLDS HINSELF BY HIS FEET. GETS UP DANCES ACROSS WIRE, TAKES BOWS.
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VOICE OVER, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN MANFRED WILL NOW CROSS WIRE FROM PEDESTAL TO PEDESTAL, ON STILTS". CU MANFRERD PUTTING ON STILTS. LS MANFRED WALKING WIRE ON STILTS.
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MANFRED ENDS HIS PERFORMANCE BY WALKING AT STEEP ANGLE. DOWN WIRE LEADING TO GROUND. TAKES BOWS. SCORES: PRESENTATION - 45, CONTENT - 46 - TOTAL 91.
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THIRD AND FINAL HIGH WIRE ACT: "LES COLLINS" - MAN AND WOMAN ACT. VARIOUS ANGLE SHOTS PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS. MALE PERFORMER NIMBLY DOES DANCE ACROSS WIRE TO START HIS PERFORMANCE. HE THEN MANIPULATES METAL RING AROUND AND UNDER HIS BODY WHILE ON CENTER EIRE.
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COLLINS ADDS BIKE TO HIS ACT RIDES BACK AND FORTH ACROSS WIRE WITH BIKE AND BALANCING POLE.
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WOMAN IN ACT WALKS OUT TO CENTER WIRE WITH BALANCING POLE SITS AND STRADDLES WIRE IN CENTER OF POLE AS VOICE OVER ANNOUNCER, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COLLINS WILL NOW ATTEMPT TO JUMP OVER HIS PARTNER WITHOUT THE AID OF BALANCING POLE OR NET BELOW".
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COLLINS WALKS OUT TO WOMAN ON WIRE, SLOWLY, CAREFULLY CONTEMPLATES NEXT MOVE AS DRUMS ROLL. SWEAT CLEARLY POURING FROM FACE. COLLINS SUCCESSFULLY JUMPS OVER PARTNERS BODY, LANDING ON WIRE. COMPLETING THEIR PERFORMANCE. COLLINS TAKE BOWS. SCORES: PRESENTATION 37 - CONTENT 36 - TOTAL 73.
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MS MANFRED DUVAL, WINNER OF HIGH WIRE COMPETITION, WALKS OUT TO CENTER RING, TAKES BOW.
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OUT ON CENTER RING ON DANCING GREY PINTO HORSE - BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED, "MARY CHIPPERFIELD - GREAT BRITAIN". (PERFORMING HORSES) VARIOUS SHOTS ACT IN PROGRESS. WITH MARY RIDING HERS HORSE DOES DANCE TO SOUND OF MUSIC AS THEY RIDE AROUND RING..CU FEET OF HORSE DANCING TO MUSIC. EQUESTRIAN
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MARY RIDES OUT OF CENTER RING, CLIMBS ONTO ANOTHER HORSE, CONTINUES PERFORMANCE ON NEW HORSE.WITH LARGE HOOP IN HAND, MARY RIDES AROUND RING AND GETS HORSE TO JUMP HOOP, (LIOKE JUMPING ROPE) AS THEY RIDE IN CIRCLE. AROUND RING.
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MARY CHIPPERFIELD ENDS PERFORMANCE. SCORES: PRESENTATION - 45 - CONTENT - 46. TOTAL: 91
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2ND PERFORMANCE OF DANCING HORSE (EQUESTRIAN) AND RIDER - WELL DRESSED AND RIDING SIDE SADDLE, KATIA SCHUMANN. VARIOUS SHOTS SCHUMANN AND HER DANCING HORSE PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS. HORSE DANCES TO RHYTHM OF MUSIC. THEN DANCES TO MUSIC OF SONG "LA VIE EN ROSE".
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ABOVE VIEWS KATIA AS RIDER BEFORE HER GRABS LARGE HOOP, AND HAS HORSE JUMP HOOP AS SHE RIDES AROUND RING. IN HER CASE, MEN HOLD BOARDS ACROSS PERIMETER OF RING AND SHE HAS HORSE JUMP HURDLES (BOARDS) AS WELL AS JUMPING HOOP.
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KATIA CONCLUDES PERFORMANCE BY LEANING FAR BACK ON HORSE, MAKING HORSE EXIT RING ON ITS HIND LEGS. GREAT EXIT. SCORE: PRESENTATION - 45 - CONTENT - 47. TOTAL: 92
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MCU ANNOUNCER, "... THE CLIMAX OF OF OUR COVERAGE OF THESE CIRCUS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BELONG TO THE ARISTOCRATS OF THE RING, THE FLYING TRAPEZE. HE GOES ON TO INTRODUCE THE AMERICAN - MEXICAN FINAL. FROM AMERICA "THE ROCK SMITH FLYERS", AND FROM MEXICO, "THE FLYING RAMOS". VOICE OVER RINGMASTER , LADIES AND GENTLEMEN "THE ROCK SMITH FLYERS".
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ROCK SMITH FLYERS - USA. (2 MEN, 2 WOMEN).ON TRAPEZE TAKE BOW, BEGIN THEIR PROGRAM. VARIOUS SHOTS PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS.
MALE FLYER DOES SOMERSAULT AND IS CAUGHT BY HIS LEGS BY CATCHERR. |
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IST FEMALE DOES HER PERFORMANCE, IS FOLLOWED BY MALE FLYER DOING 2DOUBLE SOMERSAULT WITH A TWIST BEFORE BEING CAUGHT BY HIS LEGS. SAME IN SLOW MOTION,
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2ND FEMALE FLYER DOES HER PERFORMANCE, FOLLOWED BY ANNOUNCER VOICE OVER, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN YOU HAVE ALL HEARD OF THE TRIPLE SOMERSAULT, WELL TONIGHT WE HOPE TO MAKE CIRCUS HISTORY, GREG (?) WILL ATTEMPT A 3 1/2 SOMERSAULT....".
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VARIOUS SHOTS GREG (?) ATTEMPTING AND SUCCEEDING IN DOING A NEVER DONE BEFORE 3 1/2 SOMERSAULT ON THE TRAPEZE. SAME IN SLOW MOTION.
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MALE AND FEMALE PERFORM TOGETHER ON TRAPEZE.. EACH PERFORMER SWING AND LAND ON NET BELOW TO CONCLUDE THEIR PERFORMANCE. TAKE BOWS. SCORES: PRESENTATION - 46, CONTENT _ 48 - TOTAL 94.
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VOICE OVER RINGMASTER< "FROM MEXICO, "THE FLYING RAMOS". 2 MEN, 2 WOMEN.
VARIOUS SHOTS FLYING RAMOS PERFORMANCE IN PROGRESS. |
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MALE FLYER WITH DIFFICULY TRIPLE TWIST AND IS CAUGHT BY HIS ARMS BY CATCHER. HE IS FOLLOWED BY FEMALE FLYER WHO DOES HER PERFORMANCE.
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VOICE OVER, "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SERGIO RAMOS WILL NOW ATTEMPT A TRIPLE SOMERSAULT". LS SERGIO ATTEMPTS AND SUCCEEDS IN DOING TRIPLE SOMERSAULT THEN FALLS TO NET AS HE TRIES A DOUBLE TWIST ON HIS RETURN TO PERCH. SAME IN SLOW MOTION.
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MALE AND TWO FEMALE ARTISTS DROP TO NET IN CONCLUSION OF ACT. BUT SERGIO SWINGS AND FALLS TO NET, BOUNCES HIGH ON NET, LANDS ON TRAPEZE IN SITTING POSITION. HE AGAIN DROPS DOWN, BOUNCES BACK UP TO TRAPEZE BAR AGAIN. THE FLYING RAMOS TAKE BOW. SCORE: PRESENTATION - 44, CONTENT - 46. TOTAL - 90.
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"ROCK SMITH FLYERS" FROM USA, COME OUT TO CENTER RING TO TAKE BOW AFTER WINNING COMPETITION. ANNOUNCER MAKES CONCLUDING REMARKS AS PERFORMERS,ANIMALS, CLOWNS MARCH AROUND RING IN B/G.
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