The British Pathe company has made thousands of hours of newsreel footage
available for downloading. Preview versions of most footage can be
downloaded for free.
http://www.britishpathe.com
Search for "fencing" and you'll find some very interesting stuff from the
1920's and 30's.
Notable highlights:
- Agesilao Greco and students
- The US Olympic team, actually looking classical (compared to today)
- With the newfangled scoring system (see "The Tell-Tale Light" and "The
Electric Umpire"), fencing can be judged "without the possibility of
error." (Who knew?)
- Fencing on ice (foils AND katanas)
- "Amazons of the Foil" ('nuf said)
On the one hand it's interesting to see those last vestiges of classical
fencing. On the other hand it's frightening to see the spectre of modern
fencing poised to take over completely.
--K
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