[Artemisia] Observations of West Kingdom Video (was: Question for Kurtis/...

[Tamar Black Sea]

Michael wrote:
"how we ever lived through it with that average level of protection (and 
the West was better than most) is a mystery."
:-)  :-)  :-)  The "jump in and do it" attitude is one of the things 
that keeps me engaged in the SCA. :-)

Can you identify which frames Paul of Bellatrix appears in? I would love 
to see him fight back in the day.

I also have to pay tribute to the unknown film maker who shot this 
footage. My guess is that he (or she) was shooting on 8 mm film. 
Shooting slow motion goes through MILES of film....and then you have to 
pay to have it all developed. I'm really grateful that someone took the 
time and spent the money all those years ago, to get this footage.

-tamar


On 11/18/2011 8:52 PM, SirMLL at aol.com wrote:
> I believe the fighter is the same person, just from different angles;
> William the Lucky.  He does have bars over the eyes, just not in very good
> shape; some folks made them of lighter metal than was prudent, and they tended
> to get bent a lot during the day.  Good mail was not impossible to obtain,
> just rare.  Also in the video, that I recognize easily, are Paul of
> Bellatrix and Duke Aonghis (the infamous one).   A fun film to watch;  how we ever
> lived through it with that average level of protection (and the  West was
> better than most) is a mystery.
>
>
> In a message dated 11/17/2011 3:04:15 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
> tamar at coteduciel.org writes:
>
> The  fighter at about 4:21 appears to have an unusually open-faced helm
> (as in,  no protective bars over the eyes.) I couldn't tell if it was due
> to the  film being grainy, or if the bars really weren't there.
>
> The fighter at  9:30 is wearing chain mail! I didn't think chain mail was
> manageable in  the early days. It must have been really, really, heavy.  :-)
>
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