Dortmund Germany-1966: Gymnast in Red Handsprings Over the Vaulting Horse and Salutes

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Year1966
Decade1960s
LocationDortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1966 · Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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What is in this clip

women's artistic gymnastics
vault
international sports competition
spectator perspective
1960s West Germany
sports sponsorship advertising
athletic achievement

Shot type: wide
Camera: handheld · pan
Setting: indoor · Large indoor sports arena with a competition floor, vaulting horse, uneven bars and tiered spectator stands lined with advertising banners
Time and weather: unknown (indoor, artificial light) · likely autumn · not applicable (indoor)
Lighting: Artificial arena lighting with a bright floor and dark upper stands
People: 20 · A female gymnast in a red long-sleeved leotard with white V trim, an official in a white shirt and dark trousers crouched by the landing area, other gymnasts and officials at the edge of the floor, and a dense crowd of spectators in the stands.
Landmarks: Westfalenhalle (inferred)
Objects: vaulting horse · springboard · uneven bars · floor mats · advertising banners · spectator stands
Readable signs: AUS TRADITION ZU · KARSTADT · PETER STUYVESANT · Weinbrand
Colors: deep red · cyan · maroon · pale pink
Master dimensions: 3840 × 2160
Audio: Silent
Date confidence: Medium
Location confidence: Medium

Moments in the footage

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The gymnast in red runs toward the vaulting horse from the left.
She springs off the board and reaches for the horse.
She passes through a handstand on top of the horse.
She lands beyond the horse and opens her arms.
She raises both arms in a salute as the official rises and walks behind her.

Gymnast in Red Handsprings Over the Vaulting Horse and... — Clip Details

Dortmund's Westfalenhalle, West Germany, circa 1966 home movie footage of a women's gymnastics vault filmed from the stands. A gymnast in a red leotard runs toward the vaulting horse, passes through a handstand on top of it and lands on the far side. She raises her arms in a salute while a crouching official in a white shirt rises behind her. One handheld shot pans right, with AUS TRADITION, KARSTADT and PETER STUYVESANT banners along the rail.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: InteriorHandheld
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: editorial use only Editorial use only: documentary, news, educational, internal and organic social use. Not permitted in advertising, sponsored or branded content, broadcast promotion or any paid commercial placement.
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 800001365

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People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: Yes
Audible music: No

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Date: 1966 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Answers a request for mid-1960s women's gymnastics footage, giving a complete vault seen from the stands for sports history documentaries and exhibits.
Period detail: The long-sleeved leotard with white V trim, the lengthwise vaulting horse and the KARSTADT and PETER STUYVESANT banners all point to the mid-1960s in West Germany.
Home-movie behavior: A spectator in the stands follows one athlete's vault with a handheld camera, recording the event as the paying public saw it rather than from a broadcast position.
What appears in frame: A gymnast in red running and vaulting, a leather vaulting horse on splayed legs, a crouching official in a white shirt, uneven bars in the background, crowded stands and sponsor banners along the rail.
Film character: Soft focus, coarse grain and a strong red-and-cyan colour shift give the shot the texture of faded amateur colour stock projected and re-filmed.
Edit role: Works as a short self-contained action insert or cutaway inside a gymnastics or 1960s sports sequence, with the salute giving a natural out point.
Historical context: The setting matches the 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at Dortmund's Westfalenhalle, an event at which Věra Čáslavská won the women's vault, though no sign in the clip names the event.
Research note: The underlying home-movie copyright is separate from the likeness of the gymnast and officials, who are not named here, and from the KARSTADT, PETER STUYVESANT and other brand marks, which may need separate review for commercial use.
Research search match: Matches searches such as '1960s women's gymnastics vault', '1966 Dortmund gymnastics championships home movie' and 'vintage spectator footage gymnastics arena West Germany'.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with this reel's uneven bars routine before the Aus Tradition banner, the black-leotard gymnast's vault and the medal podium, then with sibling reels C0007–C0009 from the same arena, then with other 1960s sports competition footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Gymnast in red begins her run-up to the vaulting horse below an AUS TRADITION banner, Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, circa 1966. — The run-up: a gymnast in red approaches the horse beneath the AUS TRADITION banner, Dortmund, circa 1966.
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Gymnast passes through a handstand on the vaulting horse in front of a KARSTADT banner, Dortmund arena, circa 1966. — Mid-vault: the gymnast in a handstand on the horse, with the KARSTADT banner at right, Dortmund, circa 1966.
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Gymnast in red lands past the vaulting horse with arms spread, KARSTADT and PETER STUYVESANT banners behind, circa 1966. — The landing: the gymnast steadies beyond the horse in the Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, circa 1966.
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Gymnast stands facing the judges after her vault as an official walks off, sponsor banners behind, Dortmund, circa 1966. — After the salute: the gymnast faces the judges while the official leaves the landing area, Dortmund, circa 1966.
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