Don't mess with Bill

This documentary focuses on Bill Underwood, an 84 year old Canadian who has developed his own brand of self defence known as ‘defendo’ which he teaches to police groups, college students and senior citizens. Bill’s contagious energy and enthusiasm isn’t limited to self defence, he freely discusses his positive attitude to life which seems to be responsible for his good health and general wellbeing.

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Credits

production company

Wombat Productions, Inc.

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1979

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015534

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Self-defense

Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Self-defense

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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United States, 1979

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