Flashing Steel - Some Old And New Fencing Contrasts (1926)

“Twenty years ago“, explained Prof. Leon Bertrand, the well-known International Fencer, “the sabre duel was a solid and heavy affair, and the body armour cumbersome and weighty...“ 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, 1922).“ 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 lighter.“ 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