The Electric Umpire (1935)

Note: Location of the events are unknown. Full titles read: “THE ELECTRIC UMPIRE - A Fencing Novelty.“ M/S of two competitors in a fencing contest. The commentator explains that often “disputes arise over a ’touché’ - or in lay parlance, a hit.“ M/S of a judge standing next to a scoring mechanism. C/U’s of a square box which is a new electronic device to register when an opponent has been hit. A cable attached to the box is plugged into the sword. M/S’s of the two competitors demonstrating how it works. When an opponent registers a hit a bell automatically rings. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930)