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Released March 1st, 1894, 'Unsuccessful Somersault' stars The movie has a runtime of about 2 min, and received a user score of 22 (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from 4 well-known users.
What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "One of the series gives successive pictures of an athlete in an unsuccessful attempt to turn a somersault. Everybody who has seen a boy perform this act knows the brief space of time it takes him to throw himself upon his hands, with his feet in the air and how quickly he recovers himself if he fails to go over. Yet it will be seen that the kinetograph photographed the athlete forty-four times between the beginning and the end of the act, aside from the numerous pictures taken when he was bending down to the ground and coming back to an erect position." .
'Unsuccessful Somersault' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on March 1st, 1894
