A Highland Hercules (1928)

Item title reads - A HIGHLAND HERCULES. (Inverness.) Wonderful slow motion pictures of police constable E. Anderson - for last 2 years Scotland’s champion athlete - in action. Scotland. Slow motion M/S of Mr Anderson, in his kilt and vest, swinging the hammer around his head then letting it go, it flies through the air and lands across the field. Intertitle - ’The secret of how to “toss the caber“ revealed for first time (watch him actually jump with it and it’s over 20 feet long!)’ M/S of the caber flying through the air, it lands on one end then falls down on its side. We do not actually see him throwing it. 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