Gymnastics: Just about the best thing going

A film celebration of the sport of gymnastics. Australian young people, aged seven to fifteen, and others praise the activity as beneficial therapy for poor coordination, improvement of physical fitness, increasing self-confidence and making new friends. They also tell of the necessary discipline and hard work.

How to watch

This work has not been digitised and is currently unavailable to view online. It may be possible for approved reseachers to view onsite at ACMI.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer

Peter Johnson

production company

Film Australia

Cinetel Productions

director

Frank Heimans

Duration

00:21:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013598

Language

English

Subject categories

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Gymnastics

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Sports

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Women athletes

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/75922--gymnastics-just-about-the-best-thing-going/ |title=Gymnastics: Just about the best thing going |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=27 January 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1980

Please note