| PHYSICAL TRAINING Physical training display, with races, rifle drills and some amazing sword tricks using potatoes! | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5153 |
| Catalog #: | 367063 | |
| Clip Number: | 367063-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 167 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:49:28 - 01:53:53 | |
| Location: | England | |
| Year Shot: | 1918 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | EXHIBITIONS: Military LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England | |
| Description: | sports; stunts; "Physical training display". during World War One Opens w/ rows of soldiers in football field; practicing movements w/ rifles; bayonets - - lunging etc.; spectators in BG. British soldier walking about w/ large clouds of smoke in BG - from smoke bombs set to provide camouflage from troop advance - - some of this is quite dream-like and bizarre. Sword trick display/entertainment. Man in white T-shirt & jeans wacks a stick (candle?) sitting on a stool. Next; he chops a pole held by 2 other men. Then uses sword to cut paper held up by another guy. CU Bashing some thing on top of a stool; causing wood pieces to fly apart. Etc. Etc. More stunts like this continue. 2 young girls stand before him leaning over; heads bent down; with a pole across their shoulder; man aims carefully and whacks it in half! Another one; a few stunts later; involves knocking something off the neck of a guy doing a headstand. Pan on crowd in stands. Runners. 3 runners come through the finish line. CU Winner shakes hands w/ sailor. Elderly man comes through finish line!l CU the old guy Pan on row of officers standing on field. Group of men w/ rifles; in T-shirts & dark pants; drill. 1 young boy w/ them. They build a "human tower"; as in gymnastics stunt; boy climbs to top. More drilling; running back & forth w// rifles; etc. A bit of another race. | |
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