Raw, unedited silent newsreel footage of the Thompson Trophy competition between US and UK fencers in 1926. Lt. Harold Van Buskirk fencing Maj. G. V. Dyer of British team. Closeup of Van Buskirk demonstrating sabre guards. Dyer congratulates Americans. Close up of Henry Breckinridge in a suit congratulating the British captain with the 4 US competitors standing in rear: Harold Van Buskirk, George Calnan, Leo Nunes and Arthur St. Clair Lyon.
Men’s Foil
1939 AFLA Video
1939 AFLA fencing video (narrated in Italian)
Italian footage of AFLA in San Francisco, July 1939. The first director shown (in suit) is Harold Van Buskirk. Competitors seen include Norman Lewis and Helene Mayer.
1959 US Pan Am Games Foil Team
US Pan Am Games foil team champs in 1959.
l to r – Joseph Paletta, Albert Axelrod, Gene Glazer, Harold Goldsmith, Ed Richards, Roland Wommack, Ralph Goldstein
Goldstein, Ralph
(1913-1997) – AFLA national foil medalist; national epee finalist. Member, U.S. Olympic team (1948, ’56); captain (1960). Editor, “American Fencing” magazine (1969-76).
Axelrod, Albert
Albert Axelrod won 4 US foil titles, was 5th at the 1958 World Championships, and took the Olympic bronze medal at the Rome Olympics
Krieger, Byron
He received the Detroit Sports Guild Outstanding Athlete Award in 1951 and was elected to the Michigan Amateur Sports Hall of Fame in 1974. Wayne State University Hall of Fame 1976, Michigan Jewish Hall of Fame 1986
Levis, Joe
8 National foil titles, Olympic silver medalist and team bronze 1932. National three-weapon champion 1929, Vice President of the USFA.
Click to see Andy Shaw’s speech about Joe Levis!
Nonomura, George
“Fencing has been my life,” Nonomura said. He started fencing when he was 5 years old from a fencing family. He competed internationally for eight years and was part of the 1988 U.S. Olympic Men’s Foil Team in Seoul, S. Korea.
Video: George Nonomura interviewed by Andy Shaw
Jones, Uriah
(1926-2000) – AFLA national foil champion (1971). Member, U.S. Olympic team (1968). Operated a salle in New Haven, CT. First black fencer to attain the U.S. Olympic team.
1930 Gaudin & Gaudin
1930. Silent. French. Lucien Gaudin & Mlle. Gaudin give a brief exhibition before a group of children. This was part of the 2nd annual Youth Gala held at the Cirque d’Hiver, sponored by the newspaper, “Benjamin.” Other “performers” incluced masters of elocution, song, and various physical skills (like fencing).
Marx, Michael
5-time Olympic team member, 8 national foil titles
VIDEO: Michael Marx interviewed by Andy Shaw at the 2010 Junior Olympics in Memphis, TN
Richards, Ed – Memorial
A celebration of the life of Ed Richards
Part1, Part 2, and Part 2
Including two video interviews with Ed Richards and Andy Shaw July 2010
Lewison, Peter
Hall of Famer, US Saber National champion and US Team captain Jack Keane advising US foil Olympian Peter Lewison at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. (Photo by Robert Millard)