He'd mounted up immediately and raced with a revolver ready toward the spot from which he'd estimated the shot had come.

It is also possible, but equally doubtful, that he actually shot down the hundreds of men with which his legend credits him.

To Tilghman the incident was just one of a long list of hair-raising, smash-'em-down adventures on the side of the law which started in 1872 when he was only eighteen years old, and did not end till fifty years later when he was shot dead after warning a drunk to be quiet.

Each scene is shot straight through, as had been the universal custom, from a camera fixed in a single position, but in the outdoor scenes, especially in the capture and destruction of the outlaws, Porter's camera position breaks, necessarily, with the camera position standard until then, which had been, roughly, that of a spectator in a center orchestra seat at a play.

In addition, the asteroids rotated, a new enemy dubbed a killer satellite was added to the game, which would, when shot, break apart into three smaller ships that homed on the player's position.

His Elo rating shot from 2540 in 1971 to 2660 in 1973, when he shared second in the USSR Chess Championship, and finished equal first with Viktor Korchnoi in the Leningrad Interzonal Tournament, with the latter success qualifying him for the 1974 Candidates Matches, which would determine the challenger of the reigning world champion, Bobby Fischer.

Beck said the miners shot and possibly killed at least one of the creatures, precipitating an attack on their cabin, during which the creatures bombarded the cabin with rocks and tried to break in.

The film, which was co-directed with Leach and producer Cynthia Munroe, had been shot in 1963 but remained unreleased until 1969, when De Palma's star had risen sufficiently within the Greenwich Village filmmaking scene.

To make the show more cost-effective, it was also shot with virtually no outdoor scenes ( in contrast to the first series which was shot largely on location ) and several frequently used indoor sets, such as the Queen's throne room and Blackadder's front room.

Whatever its origin, the fire spread rapidly though the ship's rigging, unchecked by the fire pumps aboard which had been smashed by British shot.

Bloody Sunday ()— sometimes called the Bogside Massacre — was an incident on 30 January 1972 in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland, in which 26 unarmed civil-rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army.

The army uses its artillery systems and tanks, but well-equipped insurgents have probably managed to destroy over 20 of Chad's 60 tanks, and probably shot down a Mi-24 Hind gunship, which has bombed enemy positions near the border with Sudan.

Without firing a shot, by the mere display of military force, he has achieved a dominating position in Europe which Germany failed to win after four years of war.

In cinema, special attention must be paid to continuity because films are rarely shot in the order in which they are presented.

The next shot is played with the two balls touching: this is the " croquet stroke " from which the game takes its name.

* Baulk: An imaginary line on which a ball is placed for its first shot in the game, or when taking a lift.

* Scatter shot: A continuation stroke used to hit a ball which may not be roqueted in order to send it to a less dangerous position.

An essay on the gradual destruction of Siberia's culture and individuality, the film combines footage that Marker shot in Siberia, old newsreel footage, cartoons, stills and, at one point, an illustration of Alfred E. Neuman from Mad Magazine, all accompanied by Marker's signature commentary, which takes the form of a letter from the director to his audience.

It was during the Red Terror that the Cheka, hoping to avoid the bloody aftermath of having half-dead victims writhing on the floor, developed a technique for execution known later by the German words " Nackenschuss " or " Genickschuss ", a shot to the nape of the neck, which caused minimal blood loss and instant death.

During the 17th century cavalry in Europe lost most of its armor, ineffective against the muskets and cannon which were coming into use, and by the mid-19th century armor had mainly fallen into disuse, although some regiments retained a small thickened cuirass that offered protection against lances and sabres and some protection against shot.

Production techniques were also changed, with a new studio being built and the inclusion of more location filming, which had moved from being shot on film to videotape in 1988.

* Vash the Stampede from Trigun has a prosthetic left arm, which he acquired after his brother Millions Knives shot it off.

* Bore: The hollow cylinder bored down the center of the cannon, including the base of the bore or bottom of the bore, the nearest end of the bore into which the ordnance ( wadding, shot, etc.

Notable exceptions include M. Butterfly and Spider, most of which were shot in China and England, respectively.

It was a straight, solid, once-in-a-lifetime shot ; ;

The enemy came looming around a bend in the trail and Matsuo took a hasty shot, then fled without knowing the result, ran until breath was a pain in his chest and his legs were rubbery.

He had no doubt the marine was the lead scout of a column, and while his shot had probably bred indecision, they would soon come hunting.

The bobbing head was a poor target, so Matsuo shot him in the upper trunk.

She escaped, crawled through the usual mine fields, under barbed wire, was shot at, swam a river, and we finally picked her up in Linz.

He has been in prison since May, 1958, when his aircraft was shot down over Moluccas.

It was not so much that the shot had stunned the audience, as that they had been stunned already.

The doctor shot down to the lavatory and turned the doorknob, but to no effect: the lavatory was occupied.

I tested it in my scoped S & W and it was good enough to allow me to hit a chuck with every shot at 100 yards if I did my part by holding the handgun steadily.

There was no extra horse so it was left to his comrades who, though numbering in the fifties, had stood around on the hillside nearby without firing a shot during the entire attack.

After the first two were blacked out, the third light was abandoned by a terrified Italian crew, who left their light to shine for nine minutes like an unerring homing beacon until British MP's shot it out.

After another treatment with the machine, he told her that `` her entire body was shot through with tumors and cysts ''.

Yes, she had missed it after her talk with Emile, after dinner, just before Emile was shot.

It was not even certain the shot had been fired from either hotel.

Only those actually with Payne when he was shot, or who had left the party within not more than five minutes ( make five arbitrary ) positively had none.

They had been with Payne when he was shot, could not therefore have shot him from above.

Willings was, presumably, a better than average shot.

The room was bathed in light at the instant Muller's second shot came.

According to the medical examiner, she was shot between eleven p.m. and one a.m..

According to the medical examiner she was shot between eleven p.m. and one a.m..