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NABBA Universe - 60 Year History [1950-2010] - Part 1

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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 (pictured left) 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.
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, Frank Zane, John Citrone, John Terilli, Lance Dreher, Ed Kawak, Eddy Ellwood and many more. Ivan Dunbar is pictured large image front cover above with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dave Draper at the 1970 NABBA Pro Universe.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. The first UK run Mr Universe contest was held on Friday, August 13th, 1948 at the Scala Theatre.  The first NABBA Universe was held at the Scala Theatre in London at 7PM on June 24th, 1950. This DVD set is dedicated to the memory of Ivan Dunbar.  Without his oral history, help and support, this DVD set probably would not have existed. The NABBA Council is also thanked (see list below) for keeping the tradition going and making  the NABBA Universe the longest running and most famous amateur and professional contest in the world.
SPECIAL NOTE: Our first video was originally released as “History of the NABBA Universe: 1948 to the Present – The first 50 years”. Reminiscences by Ivan Dunbar, NABBA Chairman as at the time of release of this video and approved by the NABBA Council.
It still includes the 1948 Universe reference of course and this initial version has been retitled to become Disc #1 in the 2 DVD set covering all years from 1948 to 2009 inclusive, see content details below.
The initial  interviews with Ivan were recorded in Birmingham on the 2nd and 3rd of October 1997 on the eve of the 1997 Universe. They cover the Universe contest from 1948 to 1996 inclusive.
We updated the interviews with Ivan at the October 2008 Universe in Southport, taking up from the 1997 Universe onwards.
The special tribute to Ivan Dunbar by Nigel Gordon-Rae at the 2009 NABBA Universe is included in Disc #2, followed by posing clips of all of the 2008 and 2009 Universe winners.
There is also a special tribute to Reg Park by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Reg was Arnold’s inspiration in his bodybuilding career. (See photo left.)
2 DVD NABBA UNIVERSE SET CONTENTS:
Disc #1: The First 50 Years  161 mins.  INCLUDES THE PHOTO GALLERY.
Disc #2: The 10 years to 2009  139 mins
Extra Scenes Disc #2:  66 mins
EXTRA SCENES (in no particular order)
Photo Gallery
50th Universe Anniversary Dinner intro, 1998
Tribute by Malcolm Whyatt
OHF Award to Ivan Dunbar in 2001
Interviews with Graeme Lancefield and Sammy Ioannidis, 2008
Ivan at the Reg Park OHF Award 1993
David Webster interview
Universe tribute by Bob Kennedy
John Citrone pictured left with Arnold at the 1966 NABBA Universe.

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