TFB Poll: What Women Used for Protection in 1952
Watch the below video then vote.
It is all fun and games until someone gets hurt!
Thanks to Jeff for finding the video.
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comatuswrote on August 10th, 2009 at 11:52 pm Link To Comment |
This looks like the work of the late Myron “Mike” Gittinger, who, after a thrilling career as a newsreel stringer and slapstick producer of “bullet-proof glass” gags, became the technical photographer at the Erie Ordnance Depot next door to Camp Perry. He was a pioneer of stop-action lighting, and famously captured an artillery shell leaving the barrel.
A short sample of his work, including the timeless “Rocket Skates,” is at
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curtiswrote on August 07th, 2009 at 4:11 pm Link To Comment |
I’ve got to say the woman for the simple fact that she’s the one being shot at.
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comatuswrote on August 10th, 2009 at 11:55 pm Link To Comment |
Or, if that link is dead, key “Stringer” into YouTube.
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Henry Bowmanwrote on August 15th, 2009 at 9:28 pm Link To Comment |
Do not laugh to this woman! She is having medal of Hero of Revolution for her glorious movy work!
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Mark Formanwrote on January 31st, 2010 at 4:58 pm Link To Comment |
To comatus,
It is definitely Mike Gittinger’s work. I produced and directed the film “Stringer… Portrait of a Newsreel Cameraman” and in the process, helped him get much of his old film into the National Archives.
He shot another similar story in which two sisters shot at one another through bullet-proof glass. Though many of his stories were complete fakes, I don’t think these were.
Mark Forman
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Matt Groomwrote on August 07th, 2009 at 7:06 am Link To Comment |
“non the less”? Crap!
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Matt Groomwrote on August 07th, 2009 at 7:06 am Link To Comment |
It appears as if they’re shooting it with a .22, but non the less, it seems to force the glass back after every shot and hit her in the head. To the shooter’s credit, it does not appear that he is aiming directly at her head, but very simply, this is the dumbest shooting demonstration I’ve ever seen.
“Our bullet proof glass is so strong it even keeps stupid people from getting shot in the head by a .22! Sometimes…”
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alexwrote on August 06th, 2009 at 4:52 am Link To Comment |
what were THEY smoking?!?!??!?!?
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Oswald Bastablewrote on August 06th, 2009 at 11:51 am Link To Comment |
Quite free from the ravages of intelligence…
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acwrote on August 06th, 2009 at 4:38 pm Link To Comment |
gaaahhhh!!!
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J Fulkersonwrote on August 07th, 2009 at 12:24 am Link To Comment |
I knew a woman who worked for a bullet proof vest company in the 60s while paying for college. She would go to trade shows and be “shot” by a 38 spl pistol while wearing a vest. She said it was a great demonstration and sold lots of vests. She also trusted the shooter (obviously). I don’t think I’d ever take that risk…
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Jimwrote on August 06th, 2009 at 1:34 am Link To Comment |
Shouldn’t her hands get cut by flying pieces of shrapnel as the bullets fragment on the plexiglass/whatever it is?
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To comatus,
It is definitely Mike Gittinger’s work. I produced and directed the film “Stringer… Portrait of a Newsreel Cameraman” and in the process, helped him get much of his old film into the National Archives.
He shot another similar story in which two sisters shot at one another through bullet-proof glass. Though many of his stories were complete fakes, I don’t think these were.
Mark Forman
Do not laugh to this woman! She is having medal of Hero of Revolution for her glorious movy work!
Or, if that link is dead, key “Stringer” into YouTube.
This looks like the work of the late Myron “Mike” Gittinger, who, after a thrilling career as a newsreel stringer and slapstick producer of “bullet-proof glass” gags, became the technical photographer at the Erie Ordnance Depot next door to Camp Perry. He was a pioneer of stop-action lighting, and famously captured an artillery shell leaving the barrel.
A short sample of his work, including the timeless “Rocket Skates,” is at
http://tinyurl.com/l584nw.
I’ve got to say the woman for the simple fact that she’s the one being shot at.
“non the less”? Crap!
It appears as if they’re shooting it with a .22, but non the less, it seems to force the glass back after every shot and hit her in the head. To the shooter’s credit, it does not appear that he is aiming directly at her head, but very simply, this is the dumbest shooting demonstration I’ve ever seen.
“Our bullet proof glass is so strong it even keeps stupid people from getting shot in the head by a .22! Sometimes…”
I knew a woman who worked for a bullet proof vest company in the 60s while paying for college. She would go to trade shows and be “shot” by a 38 spl pistol while wearing a vest. She said it was a great demonstration and sold lots of vests. She also trusted the shooter (obviously). I don’t think I’d ever take that risk…
gaaahhhh!!!
Quite free from the ravages of intelligence…
what were THEY smoking?!?!??!?!?
Shouldn’t her hands get cut by flying pieces of shrapnel as the bullets fragment on the plexiglass/whatever it is?