1915 & WW1 Sword Exhibitions London-Ex Corp Major Eggleton R H G

Date of First Film: May 1915 Location of First Film: Yeomanry Competitions – Hurlingham London Date of Second Film: World One Period 1914-1918 Location of Second Film: The venue for the second demonstration is not listed. However, the venue in film is a large sports stadium, which has advertisements in the background that suggests the stadium is in the London area. It also seems to be a military athletics meeting. The sword demonstrations are performed by ex-Corporal-Major Eggleton of the Royal Horse Guards. In the first film Eggleton using a regulation Cavalry sword cuts through a piece of wood held by two men. A celebrity in uniform, described as “Mr Holman James (Fred Lindsay)“ holds an apple on the flat of his palm and Eggleton splits the apple with a single blow. He repeats the trick blindfold with James bent forward and the apple resting in the nape of his neck. Eggleton then uses a sabre to cut through with one blow the suspended carcass of a sheep. In the second f