Was watching some old film on You Tube last night and ran across one of Howard Hill shooting a ‘smoking arrow’ and another of the Wilhelm Brothers doing the same thing. The narrator mentioned that the arrow was dipped in a chemical that when exposed to the air gave off the smoke. Kind of a neat effect.
Never heard of the smoking arrow trick before, but would guess its most likely white phosphorus. I needs to be stored under water as it will ignite and smoke when exposed to air. (I thought this was gonna be an eye test when I first read it).
