High School Fitness (1962)

Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. American newsreel item. Title reads: “Youth Fitness - La Sierra High Shows The Way“ La Sierra, California, United States of America / USA LS La Sierra High School. MS Sign reading “La Sierra High School.“ with students walking by. CU Stan Le Prontti, physical education director at La Sierra High School, gives his instruction to the students using a hand microphone. LS and MS Line of young men get on to a climbing frame and cross it on the “grips“, holding on with their hands. LS Squad of boys doing extended press-ups. MS Boys crossing a metal frame, using their arms to support themselves. LS and MS Boys scaling a “pegboard“. MS Line of boys raising upper torsos in floor exercise. LS Boys sliding across a wetted rubber sheet. Students go through 15 minutes hard exercise and many physical training stunts. Note: Date on original record: 20/04/1962. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.