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https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl General >> Project Goliath - The History of The Sling >> France 1948 https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1650363213 Message started by TOMBELAINE on Apr 19^th, 2022 at 6:13am

Title: France 1948
Post by TOMBELAINE on Apr 19^th, 2022 at 6:13am

Seen on French TV.
During a minors' strike in 1948.

https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?action=downloadfile;file=DSCN4682.MOV (519 KB | 67 )

Title: Re: France 1948
Post by Sarosh on Apr 19^th, 2022 at 7:25am

I can't see it
"no video with supported format and MIME type found"

Title: Re: France 1948
Post by joe_meadmaker on Apr 19^th, 2022 at 8:28am

Try this one. It worked for me so I converted it to an mp4.

It's also very short and fast, so I added a replay that runs at 25% speed.

https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?action=downloadfile;file=Sling-France1948.mp4 (469 KB | 60 )

Title: Re: France 1948
Post by Sarosh on Apr 19^th, 2022 at 9:33am

thanks, i can see it now.
found a video about it with more context
https://youtu.be/1jeBKTTeryE?t=257

Title: Re: France 1948
Post by TOMBELAINE on Apr 20^th, 2022 at 8:46am

Thank you, Sarosh and Joe Meadmaker for your help.
In France, there were coal mines in the north, the center ( near St Etienne) and the south (near Grasse).
On the video, the landscape seems (for me) in the south near the Méditerranée.
So for me, the slinger would use the traditional méditerranée method. Balearic ? I can be wrong but it's just my idea.

Title: Re: France 1948
Post by TOMBELAINE on Apr 21^st, 2022 at 8:46am

There have been many migrant workers in the french mines. It is therefore possible that the slinger is Spanish. Refugee after the 1936 civil war or economic migrant.