No title. The Spazzoni Troupe featuring Nellie Wallace and Billy Merson perform a comedy acrobatic routine. Billy flexes his muscles for the camera and poses. Walking on hands, somersaults etc. Nellie and Billy look tiny - were they really short in real life? Safety print only. Note: from extract featured in “This Was Yesterday“ this item was called “An Acrobatic Novelty“ and was part of the show “The Whirl of the World“ at the Palladium in London. The extract on “This Was Yesterday“ seems to be the missing section from the front of this piece. The narrator states that Nervo and Knox are also part of the troupe. 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 Gaumo
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