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This 8mm film documents a massive Czech gymnastics demonstration known as the Spartakaid, held every five years in the Communist era and featuring elaborate synchronized routines involving tens of thousands of participants. My father, Ephraim Katz, shot the footage and appears briefly. Look for the guy with the mustache. The blonde woman in the red coat is my mother, Helen Rothstein.

Spartakaid routines appear starting at about 9:00. Impressive parade display at 25:00.

Footage is silent (and shot on the same model of camera as the Zapruder film). I highly encourage anyone out there to reuse, remix, dub, score or make other creative use of this material, with credit to Ephraim Katz.