Knife Thrower (1952)

Knife thrower. Battersea Park, London. C/U two smoking pipes in hand, they are shot away. M/S Wally Texan holds rifle up and bends over backwards then fires at his niece Pauline who has a pipe in her mouth, he shoots the pipe away. C/U Pauline smiling. C/U Wally with rifle, he takes aim. She kneels down and puts a pipe on her nose, C/U as he shoots it off. M/S as people applaud. M/S as he picks up a selection of big knives. M/S of his daughter Leonie, she leans back and he throws the knives around her. M/S as people applaud, he pulls her away. M/S of Pauline again wearing skimpy costume. C/U as Wally picks up the knives again. She stands against a board and he throws them around her. M/S as he picks up axes. C/U ladies in audience. Various shots as he throws the axes around her. M/S from her point of view. M/S as people applaud. M/S of Pathe’s cameraman in her place filming Wally throwing the knives at him. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH