Flashing Steel Some Old And New Fencing Contrasts (1926)

Twenty years ago, explained Prof. Leon Bertrand, the wellknown International Fencer, the sabre duel was a solid and heavy affair, and the body armour cumbersome and C, U of the torso of a man who holds a fencing sabre. Various shots of him making moves with the foil are dissolved into each other. M, S of two fencers putting on their fencing helmets. M, S of them having a duel in a garden. C, U of the hand of one of the fencers. Note the heavy sweeping cuts and how comparatively slow the footwork involved. . (Prof. Bertrands opponent is Mr A. Corble, Sabre Champion, L, S of the two fencing in a garden. Today, the light but deadly Italian sabre rules the fencing roost, and the heavy sweeping cut is no more, the body protection also being much M, S of the two men in modern fencing gear light weight body suits. They put on their helmets. C, U of one of the fencers wearing a helmet. He turns his head to show the back of the helmet. C, U of his arm as he makes a lun