| AIR THRILLS Wing-walking stunts in the 1920s. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5167 | |
| Catalog #: | 367652 | |
| Clip Number: | 367652-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 205 M | |
| Timecode: | 01:02:50 - 01:05:00 | |
| Location: | United States | |
| Year Shot: | 1920 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/STUNTS: Aerial (Tightrope, High Wire, etc) LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA TRANSPORTATION/AVIATION: Stunts | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 430433 Aviation. "Air Thrills" - montage of flying stunts; post WWI - early 1920's. Standard bi-plane taking off. Tracking shot in air from another plane. Man climbs out of cockpit and sits on top wing. Another man climbs around front and below; and hangs upside down from the axle. All this is especially effective since one can see the ground below and it looks very far away!!! Stunts; daredevils. Next title: "the Hat Collector". A man stands holding up a hat; airplane flies by w/ the guys again on top and hanging upside down from axle; and he tries to grab the hat. First time he fails; but the 2nd time he manages the trick. Oil wells in BG. The 3rd trick preceded by title incl words "only a few inches between safety and a bump into the next world....." The plane lands in a field w/ the daredevil stuntmen still in their dangerous positions; but this time of course the guy on the bottom could really be crushed. Same film in slow-motion shows how the man pulls himself up as the wheels touch ground. (Also; an advertisement for some brand of Gas & Oil can be seen painted on the underside of the wings.) | |
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