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Firearm Safety Onstage
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This video clearly demonstrates essential safety measures for using America's most deadly prop - a gun. Explaining that even blanks are not automatically safe, gun and theater special effects exper...
This video clearly demonstrates essential safety measures for using America's most deadly prop - a gun. Explaining that even blanks are not automatically safe, gun and theater special effects expert Robert B. Chamberse teaches actors and technicians to properly use guns onstage. He discusses how guns work, talks about their history, shows how to perform safety checks, and teaches proper cleaning procedures. The video also considers sound issues and offers guidelines for safely using guns on stage.
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- Creator
- Theatre Arts Video Library
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- [Place of publication not identified] : Theatre Arts Video Library, [1992]
- New York, N.Y. : Distributed by Infobase, 2018
- ©1992
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (1 video file (39 min., 54 sec)) : sound, color
- digital
- video file
- Originally released by Theatre Arts Video Library, 1992.
- Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 25, 2018.
- Streaming video file.
- Closed-captioned.
- Introduction: Firearm Safety (4:52); Part One: How Guns Work (2:03); Part Two: History of Firearms (6:26); Part Three: Safety Tests (6:53); Part Four: Sound Considerations (11:00); Part Five: Weapon Cleaning (1:21); Part Six: Safety Guidelines (5:15); Credits: Firearm Safety Onstage (0:51)