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i like how the youtube clip just says "awesome 1930s" with some russian
Urban gymnastics seems to be really popular in Russia, so I can see why they'd like this clip. Every U.G. vid I've seen was Russian or E. European.
I doubt the people of the upcoming Depression are that inclined or capable of the athleticism from the old Depression.
The part with the kid is genuinely distressing. And he almost loses his footing too.
It's the 1930s and he's probably part of an Italian immigrant family with children numbering in the lower 20s. I wasn't worried.
Stupid French think they invented this shit.
Technically they did invent it as a sort of hybrid gymnastics. I was really surprised to see how far back it actually goes when I looked it up on wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkour
Yeah I knew it was way too cool for the French to have come up with it
The French invented movies.
The Jackie Chan of the 1930's
Hey, jerk! Who's gonna pay for this window?
They shoot horses, don't they?
And just think of how shitty his shoes were for this kind of thing.
more 30s childsploitation! i wanna see some babies tossed from hand to hand by a giant man like in the wonder showzen intro!
This is from the documentary "Gizmo" which is completely fantastic.
http://www.poetv.com/video.php?vid=15907
I now want to jump off a train into a river.
Me too
Beautiful.
Steve-O's grandfather kicked ass.
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