Fencing On The Ice 1940

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Full title reads: "Fencing on Ice".

Tokyo, Japan.

VS of a display by Japanese students of their ability to sheath and unsheathe a long samurai sword while skating on ice, and a demonstration of their skill with the swords as they lunge at dummies on the ice.

VS of swordsmen...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
21167
Sort Number:
40/082 (Dublin)
Time in/Out:
01:46:36:00 / 01:47:45:00
Canister:
40/82
Film ID:
1057.43
Issue Date:
10/10/1940

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