we all know the american tradition of getting drunk and playing JARTS with wild ambition, but did you know that throwing knives at children is also a very popular form of american entertainment!?
here’s the proof: a news reel from 1950s texas.
for more on the popular pastime of knife throwing (with or without the child endangerment), click here and here!
yes. i’m still obsessed with the prelinger archive.
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nataliebeth // December 8, 2008 at 4:51 pm
this is so cool.
Scott // December 8, 2008 at 5:59 pm
tell dad. he’s probably got 1 million old news reels in the basement. you could watch them!
discokid // December 9, 2008 at 12:29 am
They show a clip of that reel in the intro to the tv show “Wonder Showzen”