Raw video of the 1979 Springfield College Gymnastic Homeshow (video 1 of 4)
Description:
This is raw video of the Springfield College Gymnastic Homeshow held in 1979 at the Civic Center in Springfield Massachusetts. The video was created and used for a prod cast of the show on ESPN. The Homeshow took place on November 10, 1979. The video is 55 minutes long. There are performances of gymnasts performing on the parallel bars, the high bars, and triple balance among others. There are also dance routines, clowns, and Tableaux performances. These performances are shown from different camera angles, including from afar and close-up. Art Linkletter is the MC and is shown close-up talking from a podium. There is sound but it is often light and hard to hear. The ESPN commentators, Richard Kentwell and Kitty Kjeldsen, can be heard at times. The video is the first video, marked "A" on the case, of four videos of the Homeshow made on a U-matic video cassette. Technician who digitized this video wrote, "Tape begins in red. Audio is on right channel at low levels. Picture is soft. Mild dropout. Tape has same setup as others in series"; Case for video reads, "Springfield College Gymnastics Exhibition Tape A" and "Tape ok, Guide plate missing on case.";
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