April 5, 2008

Trained to Get Their Man on the Run (Jun, 1930)

Filed under: Crime and Police — @ 8:36 pm
Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jun, 1930
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Trained to Get Their Man on the Run. Members of the Berlin, Germany, police force are taught to shoot at running objects by pictures thrown on a screen by a movie projector that gives an illusion of life to the targets. Sharpshooters are required to make good scores at this practice work before they can join the regular squad. Animals racing across a small screen are difficult to hit even at short distances, us here.

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