I don't know what (if any) of this may be of interest here, but...

Today I posted 5 video clips of different lengths to my YouTube page:
YouTube: Schlager7 <http://www.youtube.com/user/schlager7> The last
two were offered by another to folks on this email list some years back.
I don't know how many will have already seen the first two.

1.) 1926 US/UK Military Fencing Exhibition:
"Raw, unedited silent newsreel footage of a military fencing exhibition
between US and UK fencers. Lt. Harold Van Buskirk fencing Maj. G. V.
Dyer of British team. Closeup of Van Buskirk demonstrating sabre guards.
Dyer congratulates Americans. Close up of Anthony Lyon."

2.) 1930 Nedo Nadi Visits NYAC:
"Raw, unedited footage of a visit by Nedo Nadi to New York Athletic Club
on 31 January 1930. Cameras in this era were static so each shot lingers
on one thing, then you see extensive shots of another aspect of the same
event. Why the most accomplished fencer of that era was matched with a
clumsy hippopotamus is beyond me, however."

3.)1934 Aldo NAdi at Salle LaCaze:
"5 VERY short scenes from 25 April 1934 at Sall LaCaze, Paris: young men
salute and come en garde with foil-and-dagger; class drills with pairs;
Aldo Nadi instructing a fencer in foil (rapier) & dagger; more of the
paired drills; final rapier/dagger drill with Nadi."

4.) 1938 Epee Duel France:
"A newsreel clip of a duel with duelling epees in France, 1938. Looks
like they tried pretty hard to keep the cameras behind a wall or up a
tree until it was over."

5.) 1958 Epee Duel France:
"Newsreel footage of the famous epee duel between Serge Lifar and
Marquis de Cuevas, with all the usual inane blather by the announcer
that you would expect of the era."


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