It's been a while since i've been on the list here, and I had to check out the
vids. Rockin! Thanks for putting them up.

Cheers,
Jeff
www.cavalierattitude.com

--- In classicalfencing@yahoogroups.com, "John Trojanowski" <john@...> wrote:
>
> 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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