[Archers] Utube archery but no sound

[Cameron deGrey]

you have to hear the sound though. find the video on youtube. there is some
explanation tin there that is helpful. it is a computerized voice


On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:25 AM, Groff, Garth (ggg9y) <ggg9y at virginia.edu>wrote:

>  Friends,
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> Yes, it has sound. The dialogue is poor by our standards. Although the
> narrator pronounces his English very well, it is delivered in the manner of
> a non-English native speaker with unusual verb positions and truncated
> plurals.
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> This is an interesting piece, but I question that such speed shooting was
> common or even desirable, at least in western Europe. Read what Mike Loades
> says about this in his new longbow book.
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> For example, at Agincourt Henry V’s army had 5,000 archers who supposedly
> were supplied with about 500,000 arrows. That seems a lot, but it works out
> to about 100 arrows per man, or a little over four sheaf arrow bags (24
> arrows in each). At the traditional speed of 10 arrows per minute, all the
> archers would have exhausted their ammunition in less than ten minutes.
> That’s faster than the arrow boys could deliver more bags to the shooting
> line. They must have shot a lot more slowly, possibly in rotation, some
> dropping back to replenish their arrows as others stepped forward. During
> the early part of the battle when shooting massed volleys, they were likely
> to have been given orders on where to aim by their captains, with a
> possible pace of about six arrows a minute. During the mele, their shooting
> might have been faster at some points and slower at others. Here they were
> choosing their targets and waiting for the right moment to take a clear
> shot at a vulnerable spot. The archers did eventually run out of
> ammunition, but that happened later in the battle.
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> Still a neat video.
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> Yours Aye,
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> Lord Mungo Napier, The Archer of Mallard Lodge
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> Read “The Tale of Mungo Napier”:
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> http://people.virginia.edu/~ggg9y/napier1.html
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> *From:* archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org [mailto:
> archers-bounces at seahorse.atlantia.sca.org] *On Behalf Of *barysears
> *Sent:* Saturday, December 14, 2013 4:08 PM
> *To:* Atlantian Archers
> *Subject:* [Archers] Utube archery but no sound
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zGnxeSbb3g
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> barre
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