Well I'm a bit bloody excited about this!
I think I may have stumbled across some unknown footage of Trixie La Rue. Assuming that Scott Cain's excellent eJuggle article on Trixie (http://ezine.juggle.org/2015/02/13/trixie-a-juggling-legend-spinning-through-history/) contains all the known footage, then this is new.
...better still, it's in colour ! ..and the icing on the cake: it includes top hat juggling, which I've not seen in any other clip of her
https://youtube.com/v/q4FTjRiwm2Q
For those who are interested in the provenance, the footage is from home movies by The Maxwells, an Australian comedy acrobatic duo who performed in the Ice Capades with Trixie. The Maxwells were a top specialty act in the U.S, even topping the bill at Radio City Music Hall at one point.
Around 20 years ago an old acrobat friend of mine, Ross Davies, who had known the Maxwells in his youth, was given their home movie footage on video, which he passed on to me. So I've had it sitting in my collection for nearly two decades without realizing it contained this little gem.
It's possible this is already out there - the video may have been given to others as well as to my friend. I'm kind of hoping that someone else has it, because as you can see, my copy is not brilliant quality.
(BTW, how about that run of backflips at the end ... on skates!)
by bad1dobby, 2015-08-02 12:57:54