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As talked about on QI – Series 6: Film- this is the YouTube compilation of the Sheb Woolly scream favoured by sound FX editors.

Known in the trade as the Wilhelm Scream it originally appeared in the film Distant Drums  in 1957. It then became part of the sound FX archive resting in a stock library as a lowly scream.

It was subsequently ‘adopted’ by a sound effects editor called Ben Bert. He and his friends in the business use it compulsively, to which end it has, apparently, appeared – or rather ‘can be heard’ – in more than 140 films, including;
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Woodbine – 14 Packs of Cigs

Escapee caught creeping into jail

Woodbine AdvertJail guards in the US state of Georgia searching for an escaped inmate did not have to look very far – the fugitive was caught sneaking back into prison.

Guards spotted Harry Jackson, 25, trying to creep back in with 14 packs of cigarettes allegedly stolen from a nearby store.

The alarm had been raised earlier after a jail door was found unlocked.
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