This 1950 black and white demonstration film about the shooting skills of Earl Saul, an amateur sharpshooter, is a Ken Hutchinson Production. It opens with a shot of the Grand American Handicap Trapshooting Competition in Vandalia, Ohio (:23-:35). The camera scans the assortment of guns and targets on a table. Earl demonstrates his skill with the assistance of his daughter Betty Jane, who wears a 1940s short-sleeve sweater and striped shorts. He uses a trapshooting gun to hit small blocks of wood and pierces the tape through the center of a washer (:36-1:23). He next displays his shotgun skills by hitting two clay targets thrown in the air; the first with one shotgun and the second with another shotgun. He breaks two targets simultaneously on both sides of an axe (1:24-2:10). His daughter puts on round sunglasses and holds three pieces of chalk in her hand. Her dad shoots and breaks each one individually (2:11-3:00). She then takes a cigarette from a pack, places it in her mouth, and lights it. He shoots the very end off three times in a row (3:01-3:45). Earl straps on a pistol belt. He holds the pistol properly and shoots at a line of targets, then sideways, then upside-down, and then backwards using a mirror (3:46-4:55). Earl sets up a specially constructed pendulum and stake for demonstrating coordination and timing. Betty Jane starts the pendulum in motion. Earl uses a mirror to shoot the swinging pigeon clay target when it is centered over the fixed one on the stake (4:56-5:38). Earl demonstrates a Western fast draw by holding his hand out with a block of wood on it. He drops and draws the pistol with the same hand to shoot the wood. The shot is also shown in slow-motion (5:39-6:12). Betty Jean takes produce out of a basket and hands him one piece at a time. He throws it up into the air and shoots a grapefruit, a cabbage, a potato wrapped in crepe paper, and a can of fruit cocktail (6:13-6:52). He sits down and points the gun at an easel. He draws the head of an Indian by shooting one shot at a time for 179 shots. He is shown up-close shooting with both eyes open. He shows the completed pictures and autographs them (6:53-9:00).

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