Bodybuilding DVD

Reminiscences by Ivan Dunbar “A Tremendous Time”. NABBA is the first and original international bodybuilding association. Commencing in 1950, NABBA's first Mr Universe contest was won by Steve Reeves who defeated Reg Park. Some of the other great legends of the sport besides Reeves who won the Mr Universe title include Reg Park, Bill Pearl and Arnold Schwarzenegger (four-times winner). The 1948 Universe was sponsored by Health & Strength magazine and it was staged by its Health Strength League. It was won by John Grimek who defeated Steve Reeves. This fantastic trip down memory lane is narrated by IVAN DUNBAR who is the only person to have attended every single Universe contest from 1948 to 2008. Ivan was World President of NABBA International till he sadly passed away 10th August, 2009. We updated the interviews with Ivan at the October 2008 Universe. We have been working on this massive 6 HOUR DVD set since then. Ivan talks of the highlights over the years, with interesting and amusing stories about many of the famous names. Names such as John Grimek, Clarence Ross, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chet Yorton, Dave Draper, Charles Clairmonte (four-times winner pictured lower right), Bill Pearl (another 4-times winner), Frank Zane, John Citrone, John Terilli, Lance Dreher, Ed Kawak, Eddy Ellwood and many more. In the last section of the DVD, Ivan pays tribute to the amazing women of the Universe. Ivan also pays tribute to Oscar Heidenstam, who for 34 years ran the Universe shows until he died in 1991. Throughout this massive 60 YEARS 2 DVD set you will see posing clips and photos of many of these great stars as they are mentioned - from Grimek and Arnold right up to present day champions such as Eddy Ellwood, Ed Kawak, Salvatori Orazio, Hassan Alsaka, Tomas Bures to Martin Kasal. There have been so many great champions it was difficult selecting the cover images. However all champions are included in the PHOTO GALLERY. *SPECIAL NOTE RE UNAVAILABILITY OF EARLY UNIVERSE FOOTAGE. As it was not permitted by Oscar Heidenstam to shoot film of the contest in the early years prior to 1970, no Universe film record exists of great champions such as Grimek, Reeves, Mickey Hargitay, Earl Maynard, Enrico Thomas, Bruce Randall, Ray Routledge, Joe Abbenda, Bruce Randall and many more. In 1970 Wayne broke the mould so to speak and convinced Oscar that it was a good idea to shoot the contest highlights on film for the sake of posterity, and for recording the NABBA Universe history for future generations. He has done this recording on film and video ever since. Read more on how the Universe filming started by clicking here. In this DVD set, we have used some old film clips of champions such as Grimek, Reeves, Park and others from various contests in USA to show how these stars looked at the time they won the Universe. We are fortunate to even have some footage of Arnold shot from the NABBA Universe audience in the 60s! Where possible or where photos were available to us, we have tried to show images of as many of the Universe champions as possible.

John Grimek, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eddy Ellwood, Ed Kawak, Salvatori Orazio, Hassan Alsaka, Tomas Bures, Martin Kasal.