Raw Annie Oakley shooting in movie made in 1894

Started by joec, November 20, 2011, 03:04:13 PM

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joec

November 20, 2011, 03:04:13 PM
Here you go. The first motion pictures it seems where made in 1888 which I found interesting.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a25_1321771460
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November 20, 2011, 03:31:52 PM
Thanks pard. Great footage there.
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November 20, 2011, 03:42:29 PM
Annie Oakley (August 13, 1860 – November 3, 1926), born Phoebe Ann Mosey and her health declined in 1925 and she died of pernicious anemia in Greenville, Ohio at the age of sixty-six in 1926.
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November 21, 2011, 06:13:10 AM
That would not exactly pass for good gun safety now would it?   ::)
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November 21, 2011, 07:32:08 AM
Quote from: Deadeye Don on November 21, 2011, 06:13:10 AM
That would not exactly pass for good gun safety now would it?   ::)

I have to agree with that Don.  ;D
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November 21, 2011, 07:42:09 AM
I thought I had heard somewhere that Oakley used her thumb to work the trigger on her long guns, but she used her index finger in that footage.

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November 21, 2011, 09:54:13 AM
I wonder if she was using bullets or shot loads in that scene?  When Buffalo Bill started his Wild West show, with Annie they started the first performance with solid bullets for shooting at ariel targets!  :o  It dawned on them (fortunately before anyone was hurt) that the crowd was in serious danger from an errant shot.  So, they switched to shot loads in their rifles and pistols, with smoothbore barrels. NOT because they couldn't hit the glass balls with bullets, but for safety.
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November 22, 2011, 06:43:23 AM
A talented shooter, she won a local shooitng match outshooting a touring exhibition shooter, and later the two would be married and continue exhibition shooting.  That is likely Frank Butler in the movie.  They would have practiced their routines until they were able to do them without failure.

She and Frank won many gold medals in competition.  These medals were donated to orphanages as they were indeed gold and the money was used for the children.  A wonderful couple who brought a lot of entertainment to folks.
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November 23, 2011, 07:45:04 AM
http://www.ourstate.com/buffalo-bill-wild-west-show

This recent article tells about how she almost lost her life in a train wreck in North Carolina.

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February 19, 2012, 03:43:43 AM
Enjoyed that, thanks.

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