Sportshots No 11 - Fencing (1933)

Titles read: “Sportshots - Popular sports and pastimes under the Cine-camera lens. Described by Charles Eade - “Sunday Express“ Sports Editor. This week Charles Eade presents ’Fencing’.“ London, probably Pathe Studio. Charles Eade shows us the three weapons used in fencing - the epee, the sabre and the foil - and the masks worn by fencers. We then see various pairs of British fencing champions, including two women, demonstrating the skills involved in the sport. Charles attempts to keep up a commentary, but is sometimes drowned out by the thuds of the fencers feet on the studio floor. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire