"Ways to Strength and Beauty" "Produced in six parts by the Cultural Department of the UFA studios" "Directed by Wilhelm Prager" "Screenplay and scientific consultation by Nicholas Kaufmann, MD" "Artistic and Scientific advisors:" "Professor Arthur Kampf," "Professor Fritz Klimsch," "Professor Carl Ebbinghaus, and Dr. August Koester, director of the Berlin Museum" "Music by Dr. Guiseppe Becce" "Cinematography by Weinmann, Hrich, and Paulmann" "Slow-motion cinematography by Schatzow and Stöcker" "Part One:" "The ancient Greeks and the new era" "Goethe said: "It is when we look back to antiquity, that we for the first time seem to be in a position to understand ourselves and grasp the possibilities of mankind."" "In classical culture the goal was perfect harmony." "To the ancient Greeks, the body was as important as the soul, and a "gymnasium" was a place where men and boys practised gymnastics." "People today are not well-built, instead they are weak and nervous." "Damn it!" "Ouch!" "Idiot!" "In ancient Greece, the main activity at a "gymnasium" was gymnastics, but today the word is used only as a term for "high school" so that throughout Europe, grammar is the main pursuit" "in a building still called a "gymnasium"." "Nowadays the struggle for existence means the soul needs to be ...effectively educated in order for one to earn a living but the body becomes neglected because of books and machines and machines!" "We poor, rundown people are destined to live in large cities mistreating our bodies with daily responsibilities." "But even worse is to completely neglect our body during our leisure time." "But rest assured:" "Your sins will come to light." "A body neglected from childhood will age faster than others." "A 50-year-old man who has never participated in sports and a 62-year-old man who has been an athlete since childhood." "A two-year-old bicyclist:" "59-year-old Mr. Gottschling of Brieg, winner of many marathons... runs barefoot 15 miles a day so he may bathe in the river in the summer as well as in the winter." "The ideal of the ancient Greeks was to unite virtue and beauty." "It is not sufficient that these people study and admire the works of the ancient Greeks." "What path will lead us back to the strength and beauty of the past?" "There are several." "Part Two" "Physical exercise for health through hygenic gymnastics" "One's body can only be beautiful when the development of all muscles is harmoniously balanced." "It is never too early to start." "Gymnastics for Infants" "Developed and demonstrated by Mr. Neumann-Neurode (Berlin)" "Gymnastics for Small Children" "Gymnastics for Schoolchildren" "The beginning of all physical activity is to compensate for existing damage." "Do your children have a spinal column that is straight and strong?" "No?" "Then make them crawl again!" "Crawling exercises according to the procedure of Professor Klapp (Berlin)" "To crawl upright as a means against spine curvature." "Crawling promotes flexibility of movement." "Sitting continuously is very bad for the body." "What was originally a poor posture will soon become second nature." "Exercise daily!" "Whitout equipment!" "At no expense!" "And only for a few minutes!" "All active people should allow themselves a bit of relaxation." "Saturday afternoon on the Thames" "Swedish gymnastics on the wall bars is very good in preventing damages caused by excessive sitting." "Breathing suffers considerably when one has a sedentary occupation." "Left:" "Normal breathing" "Right:" "Insufficient deep breathing while sitting" "Normal breathing is an interplay of movements of the chest and abdomen." "One should practice this daily." "Breathing with the chest is totally neglected by people living in big cities" "Breathing with the abdomen" "For centuries, fashion has forced the female to wear a corset and even today vanity affects the health of many women." "A truly beautiful woman does not need a corset." "Harmonic body proportions was the ideal of the ancient Greeks." ""Grace is beauty in motion." (Schiller)" "The beauty of motion must be accompanied by the beauty of form." "Movements become beautiful through their rhythm." "This is a law of nature." "A sense of rhythm slumbers in each of us -- it only needs awakening." "The Hellerau school (Jaques Dalcroze) develops a sense of rhythm through music." "To lead and to be lead:" "The little conductress determines the tempo ...of the musical accompaniment." "The group follows her." "Thus the immediate reaction to every change trains the presence of mind." "Illustration of different sounds through different steps:" "A difficult exercise is to mark the rhythm according to the rule:" "The right hand should not know what the left hand is doing." "According to Bode, the beauty of movement is based on the rhythmic change ...of tension and relaxation of the muscles." "Relaxation:" "Incorrect and correct methods" "Incorrect" "Correct" "In this way, the simplest everyday movements will assume grace." "Schematic Movements of Daily Activities" "Pull" "Hit" "Niddy Impekoven, the famous dancer, shows us the artistic relationship ... between tension and relaxation with her 'grotesque' dance performance of   "The Decadent Doll"" "Rudolf Laban elevates gymnastic exercises to the dignity of a rhythmic dance." "The "Loheland"-school of physical education is based on   the internal rhythm of natural breathing." "Training at the Anna Hermann school in Charlottenburg   which bases its methods on the "Loheland" school." "Tense steps" "Deep breathing" "A study on balance" "Dr. Bess Mensendieck, an American female doctor, has developed   a specific exercise for the benefit of the female body." "Dr. Mensendieck's exercises help correct damages in all body parts." "Exercises at the Hedwig Hagemann school in Hamburg   based on the principles of Dr. Mensendieck." "Part Four:" "The Dance" "Dancing is a fundamental instinct of mankind." "Hence, every nation has its own characteristic dances." "Hawaiian Dance" "The Japanese "Dance of the Seagulls" (Bac and Konami Ishii)" "India (Burma)" "Bavarian Fantasy:" "A Poacher's Dance (The struggle for the loot)" "Spanish Dance (Caroline de la Riva)" "This dance instinct is also being considered ...for physical education in schools." "One of its most appealing educational forms is the dance pantomime." "Final scene of Laban's ballet, "The Living Idol"" ""The Orchid" (Dussia Bereska) Laban School, Hamburg" "Actress and dancer Niddy Impekoven's "The Life of the Flower"" "Blossoming   Dying" "Niddy Impekoven as the "Teapot Warmer of Munich"" "Japan's Bac Ishii in his pantomime "The Prisoner"" "Stockholm's Jenny Hasselquist in "The White Rose"" "Tamara Karsavina, the great Russian ballerina" "She has a worldwide reputation for her strict gymnastic exercises." "She trains three to four hours per day." "A scene from Delibes' ballet "Sylvia" (Karsavina and Peter Wladimiroff)" "Only slow motion can capture the full beauty and power of Karsavina's art." "Mary Wigman's School for Dance:" "Final scene of the ballet "The Exodus"" "Part Five:" "Sports" "Discus throwing" "High jump" "Leroy Brown (USA) jumped 1.96 meters at the 1924 Olympics in Paris." "Pole vault (Normal and slow-motion recordings)" "Just as in ancient Greece, running is still the first and   most important step in becoming a good athlete." "Charlie Paddock, America's best sprinter, while training" "(Normal and slow-motion recordings)" "An ideal start (Berlin Stadium)" "A memorable day for the German track and field:" "Germany's Hauben beats olympic champions Paddock and Murchison (USA)  as well as Australia's Porritt and Carr in the 100 meter run." "The slow-motion recording clearly shows Houben's technique." "H.H. Meyer, America's best hurdler" "Lehninger (Charlottenburg Sports Club)" "110 meter hurdles" "Note the perfect style of the man in the middle (Riley, USA)." "Gymnastics" "Rudolf Kobs, winner of the 1923 German championships in Munich" "Scottish priests in Rome" "The match between the Scottish seminary and the Lazio Sports Club in Rome" "Pushball" "Tennis" "Helen Wills, the hope of America (Slow-motion recording)" "Rowing (Wannsee Rowing Club)" "Swimming" "Hans Luber, Berlin, springboard diving champion" "The benefit of good physical training:" "Fencing" "The Nadis from Livorno, a famous family of fencers" "Aldo Nadi, the Italian fencing champion" "World fencing champion, Nedo Nadi, winner of the Stockholm Olympics in 1912   and Antwerp in 1920" "Épée Fencing:" "Aldo and Nedo Nedi" "Foil:" "Giuseppe Nadi, 60-year-old ex-champion ... and his younger pupil" "Two little Nadis" "Boxing" "Training:" "Eric Mielenz and Rocky Knight" "Long-distance running to reduce weight." "Shadow boxing" "Training with 16-ounce gloves." "Training with the punching bag" "Jiu-Jitsu, Japan's most popular sport, better known to us as Judo" "Jiu-Jitsu needs no strength." "Jiu-Jitsu is cleverness." "A freer fight" "Dodging a blow while the opponent is thrown over his shoulder." "Instances where Jiu-Jitsu can be useful:" "In England and America, sports is like the breath of the nation." "The Henley Regatta:" "England's national rowing event" "The decision:" "Complete exhaustion!" "Young Americans playing golf" "Baseball" ""Babe" Ruth:" "a national hero" ""A healthy mind in a healthy body" is a common saying of our ancestors." "Ancient legends report that among the Teutons, a warrior becomes king when he was able to jump over six horses." ""The Royal Jump"" "Jumpers:" "Holz, Mensel, Westerhaus, and Thiess" "(Instructors of the German Academy of Gymnastics)" "The rivals" "The fifth horse" "One more horse!" "End of Part Five" "Part Six:" "Fresh Air, Sun and Water" "Wood and Iron Training German sports Association" "(Normal and slow-motion recordings)" "Hammer throw:" "The weight consists of a 20-pound iron ball" "Hammer throw" "The Weight" "American Weight" ""Medicine ball"" "Anyone who takes this pill does not need another medicine." "Note the complete relaxation of the muscles when catching the ball  and the immediate tightening when throwing." "(Normal and slow-motion recordings)" "Tree throwing Tossing the caber:" "A Scottish sport" "A wooden pole or a tree trunk serves as a "caber"" "Copenhagen's J. P. Müller, inventor of the so-called "Müller"-system" "A true lover of the outdoors insists on bathing outside   in the winter as well as in the summer." "Bavarian Highlanders in their morning ritual" "(The four Neff brothers from Garmisch)" "Leaders setting a good example..." "Lord Balfour plaing tennis" "Lloyd George playing golf" "John D. Rockefeller at age 85" "The royal family of Norway, while skiing" "The heir to the Norwegian throne" "The German poet Gerhard Hauptmann and his wife on the beach at Rapallo" "The sun shines for everyone:" "Mixed bathing at a lake near Berlin" "Splashing at a park in the north of Berlin" "An outdoor school in Wickersdorf, Thuringia" "A dance club for those who live in the large cities along the coast of Danzig." "Sunbathing" "In the past, bathing played a more important role in society than today." "The great ruins in Rome attest to this fact." "The Caracalla bath in Rome" "The bath of a Roman lady" "The rooms and gardens have been precisely constructed according to   the plan of a Roman bath which dates from the first century AD." "An archaeologist of the Berlin Museum ...led the scientific reconstruction ...of the ancient bathing process with the following pictures:" "Exercises were performed before bathing:" "Slave girls playing ball." ""The mistress has ordered her bath!"" "Brassieres were known even to antiquity." "Before the bath, the body was massaged with oils and ointments." "In our time, mostly young men cultivate physical training ... and in many countries, only during military service." "Today sports, not military drills, are the source of a nation's strength." "And this is how the ancient ideals of physical fitness can bloom again." "Ancient Greece" "Today's young athletes" "And just as a century ago, the Gymnastics Movement opened a new perspective on body training for young men the new love for outdoor life opens the royal path to strength and physical beauty in a new era." "The End"