TECHNIQUES OF FOIL FENCING

Duration: 15min

Year Published: 1942

Creator: Bell & Howell Company

Format: 16mm

Sound: Silent

Description: Produced by the University of California. Analyzes fencing positions at various speeds with closeups of: footwork in advance, retreat, lunge and parry; the correct grip on French and Italian foil; straight thrust, disengage, one-two and one-two-three, double, coupe, coupe disengage and coupe-coupe; simple parry 4,6,7,8 and half circle, counterparry 4 and 5; stop at high and low line. Film begins and ends with demonstration bout. (Demonstrated by Helene Mayer, United States and World Champion.) California.

Complete Record: Dewey number: 796.8 Audience level: jh-sh-c-adult Format/cost: 16-si-$24; rent $1 Distributors / rental: University of California; Wilfred Naylor; Calhoun Company; Photoart House; W. D. Engleman Company; Visual Education, Inc (Texas)

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946